Community Kids Network

Community Kids Network connects North Texas parents and their children with organizations in need of volunteers.  Volunteering teaches kids compassion and boosts self esteem.  When children help others, they feel good about themselves.  CKN provides parents with the information necessary to find volunteer opportunities that can be shared with their children, while teaching them the invaluable lesson of good citizenship.  Please visit Volunteer Opportunities to find an organization that's just right for your family!

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Big Thought

The North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee and nonprofit Big Thought aim to recruit 20,000 kids for community service.  The Super Bowl is less than six months away and there is a SUPER way for North Texas youth to get involved. Registration is underway now through December 31 for SLANT45 (Service Learning Adventures in North Texas), the youth education initiative of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee. The program open to youth ages 5 - 18 in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall, and Tarrant counties.  SLANT 45 projects can be done in the classroom, with a sports team, youth group, or even at home.  Register online at www.slant45.org.

Little Helpers of the Bridge

Spend quality family time making cards for individuals staying at The Bridge, a Dallas shelter. Your child's artwork will brighten the day of those less fortunate.  For more information on this project, please contact Hayedeh Jahansouz at 214-670-1128 or by email hjahansouz@mdhadallas.org or Nissy Mathew at 214-670-1135 or nmathew@mdhadallas.org.

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another. --Erma Bombeck

Volunteers are not paid - not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless. -- Author Unknown

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. --Margaret Mead

How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving. --James Cash Penny

We can do no great things - only small things with great love. --Mother Teresa

We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give. --Winston Churchill