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Celebrating the Achievements of Children TM
Welcome to Amazing Kids! PenPals!
Building a Lifetime of New Friendships, Two Kids at a TimeTM
Amazing Kids! PenPals and Hurricane Survivors from Estelle Elementary School,
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, holding their letters to their Amazing Kids! PenPals
at Action Day Primaries Plus Dance School in San Jose, California
The Amazing Kids! PenPals Program is a traditional, letter writing pen pal program, available to all children ages 5-17 worldwide.
Here are just some of the reasons kids, parents and educators alike love our program:
Educators love our program because:
- it helps them teach their students literacy and communication skills
- encourages their students to do more reading and writing
- teaches their students global awareness, geography, social studies, and more!
- it offers one of the few remaining choices for finding a traditional letter-writing pen pal program for their child or children
- They love helping their child or children find new friends their own age and gender
- Reinforces communication and literacy skills taught in their child's classroom
- Opens their child's eyes to a larger world, and other cultures and traditions outside their own
- Teaches interpersonal skills,
self-confidence, empathy and understanding for someone outside of
themselves
- And much more...
- it helps them foster new (and possibly life-long) friendships
- it allows them to practice the traditional form of letter writing and correspondence
- they love getting letters in the mail from their pen pal!
Facts about the Amazing Kids! PenPals program:
What is it? The
Amazing Kids! PenPals Program is a traditional, letter writing pen pal
program, available to all children ages 5-17.
The cost is $10 per child or student. Groups of 15 or more
receive a 15% discount.
Why is there a fee? We are a small, all-volunteer non-profit organization, and the fees help cover our cost of running the program.
How Amazing Kids! PenPals began: The Amazing Kids! PenPals program began as a way of reaching out to the children affected by the devastating hurricanes of 2005. Our hope was that by matching young hurricane survivors with a new pen pal ("buddy"), we could help them in their recovery from the trauma many experienced due to the hurricanes.
The program is now available to all children, worldwide. We continue to welcome teachers, youth groups or agencies who work with hurricane survivors or survivors of any trauma to register their students as well.
How does it work? Parents, teachers, agency directors, etc. sign up their students using the appropriate links below. Amazing Kids! will match students of the same gender and age with other students who may share similar interests and hobbies, based on the information provided on the registration form.
There are three forms to complete:
1. Online registration form - This will register your child(ren) or student(s) for the AK PenPals program.
Select from the following:
2. Agreement form (Adobe .pdf files) - Parents, teachers and youth group leaders need to complete, sign and mail in the appropriate agreement form.
Select from the following:
Non-Parent Agreement Form (group leaders, agency directors, etc.)
Parent Agreement Form
Teacher Agreement Form
Please mail the completed agreement form to:
3. Membership fee/donation form - There are two ways to pay the fee:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
All of us at Amazing Kids! thank you for your support and interest in our AK PenPals Program! Because Amazing Kids! is a small, all-volunteer non-profit, we rely on your donations to help keep our programs active.
Why is there a fee? We are a small, all-volunteer non-profit organization, and the fees help cover our cost of running the program.
How Amazing Kids! PenPals began: The Amazing Kids! PenPals program began as a way of reaching out to the children affected by the devastating hurricanes of 2005. Our hope was that by matching young hurricane survivors with a new pen pal ("buddy"), we could help them in their recovery from the trauma many experienced due to the hurricanes.
The program is now available to all children, worldwide. We continue to welcome teachers, youth groups or agencies who work with hurricane survivors or survivors of any trauma to register their students as well.
How does it work? Parents, teachers, agency directors, etc. sign up their students using the appropriate links below. Amazing Kids! will match students of the same gender and age with other students who may share similar interests and hobbies, based on the information provided on the registration form.
There are three forms to complete:
1. Online registration form - This will register your child(ren) or student(s) for the AK PenPals program.
Select from the following:
a. Parents
b. Teachers, Group Leaders, Agency Directors, etc.
2. Agreement form (Adobe .pdf files) - Parents, teachers and youth group leaders need to complete, sign and mail in the appropriate agreement form.
Select from the following:
Non-Parent Agreement Form (group leaders, agency directors, etc.)
Parent Agreement Form
Teacher Agreement Form
Please mail the completed agreement form to:
Amazing Kids!
5267 Warner Ave. Suite 235
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
3. Membership fee/donation form - There are two ways to pay the fee:
a. Online payments: Please
complete the online donation form.
You may select to either pay the $10 per child/student fee online,
using our secure online payment server through Kintera.com, or you may
print the form and send in a check or money order.
b. Payment by check or money order: If you prefer to mail in your completed form and check or money order, please fill out the online form, indicating under "Payment Method" that you will be mailing in the form. Then print the completed form and return it, along with your check or money order, made payable to: "Community Partners fbo Amazing Kids!" to:
b. Payment by check or money order: If you prefer to mail in your completed form and check or money order, please fill out the online form, indicating under "Payment Method" that you will be mailing in the form. Then print the completed form and return it, along with your check or money order, made payable to: "Community Partners fbo Amazing Kids!" to:
Amazing Kids!**Note: Be sure to indicate on the check that the funds are for your AK! PenPals membership.
5267 Warner Ave. Suite 235
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
I've completed both forms and made my payment. What happens next?
Someone from Amazing Kids! will contact you once a match has been found. You will be asked to call the other parent, teacher or group leader of the pen pal Amazing Kids! has selected for your child or student. If both adults agree that the pen pal match is a good one, then the students may begin writing to each other. If the match is determined not to be a good one, Amazing Kids! will try and find an alternative match.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
All of us at Amazing Kids! thank you for your support and interest in our AK PenPals Program! Because Amazing Kids! is a small, all-volunteer non-profit, we rely on your donations to help keep our programs active.
Even
if you are not personally registering a child for the AK PenPals
program, please consider showing your support by making a donation to
our
PenPals program today through our secure online
donation form.