Operation: Kid Equip’s long term vision is a community where every child’s basic needs are met. To accomplish this in the short term we provide school supplies, books and dictionaries to children who are at-risk. To effect long term community improvement, we work to increase awareness of the issues facing school-aged children to help them succeed in school and in life.
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Besides asking how to make cash donations, people often ask how they can donate school/office supplies. With the flow of inventory in and out of OKE, it’s sometimes hard to quickly list our current needs. At the same time, we always have a need for specific core items throughout the school year.
We recently talked with our amazing colleagues at the Teachers’ Supply Closet in South Carolina. They routinely collect teacher experience surveys on the top items students need and the quantities used by a student throughout the school year. With …
COME JOIN US!
Operation: Kid Equip will be partnering with the Ferndale Recreation Department for their Egg-Stravaganza event on Saturday, March 27th.
Starting at 10AM, children will be placed in age specific groups and have a chance to hunt for eggs throughout the park.
The first 200 children to pre-register will receive brand new reading books –AND- a plush Bunny Basket filled with candy from Operation: Kid Equip.
This is a great event for the entire family. Rain or shine, we will hunt for eggs! Light refreshments will be served.
There is a $3 participation fee …
Operation: Kid Equip Partners With Former NFL Star Levar Fisher
Partnership will transform youth with positive stories aimed at life-changing outcomes
BERKLEY, Mich. – (March 4, 2010) – Operation: Kid Equip (OKE), an Oakland County-based nonprofit that provides free school supplies, books and dictionaries to at-risk children, has teamed up with former NFL player Levar Fisher to empower local children through his “Believe Again Tour.”
The tour seeks to transform youth with positive stories aimed at life-changing outcomes and features a special speaking program designed to boost the self-esteem of youth. Fisher speaks …
Guest Post by Diane Nilan, Founder & President of HEAR US
HEAR US gives voice and visibility to homeless children and youth
For reasons far beyond my understanding, my path crosses with some very interesting people. I’m in Las Cruces, NM now, having shown our new documentary, “It’s All About the Children,” to one of the women in it and to a small group of educators. I’m also filming interviews with “non-homeless” homeless families/youth, those staying in motels or doubled up with others for the HEAR US Learning Curve Express project.
One of …
