Welcome to Kids Care Clubs, a program of HandsOn Network. Our mission is to develop compassion and to inspire a spirit of volunteering in elementary and middle school age youth. Kids Care Clubs knows that it is important to encourage children to volunteer at an early age. Kids Care Clubs provides young people with hands-on volunteer opportunities to help others in their local and global communities.

About Kids Care Clubs

In 1990, Debbie Spaide and a group of children got together to rake a lawn for an elderly neighbor in New Canaan, CT. A few weeks later, the same kids made 150 bag lunches for a soup kitchen. During these experiences they learned how great it feels to help others. They told their friends and in just a few weeks the group had grown to over 50 enthusiastic young people. That was the beginning of Kids Care Clubs.

Kids Care Clubs are groups of young people who work together to help others in their communities and around the world. Clubs are formed in schools, churches, synagogues, Volunteer Centers, and other community-based organizations. Today there are more than 1,400 registered clubs and 75,000 kids in the United States and countries including Australia, Canada, China, and Nepal.

Each month, Kids Care Clubs posts different service projects, which include step-by-step instructions, compassion and issues education, meeting activities, additional resources and information on possible service partners. In addition, Clubs can download a Start Up Handbook, will receive a monthly e-newsletter and a subscription to Young Heroes magazine, and are eligible for in-kind product donations and mini-grants.

About HandsOn Network

HandsOn Network is the leading business unit within the Points of Light Institute and is the activating arm which inspires, equips, and mobilizes people to take action that changes the world. At the center of the network are 370 affiliates serving 83% of the American population and 12 international communities. It is also a “network of networks” that includes partnering nonprofits, government agencies, faith-based organizations, and companies seeking to engage in service.  For more information, go to www.HandsOnNetwork.org.

About the Quaker and Kids Care Clubs Partnership

Kids Care Clubs is excited to welcome Quaker as our premier partner. Quaker will play an important role in helping us to build awareness and develop additional resources so that we can continue to develop compassion in young children and inspire them to take action and make a difference in their communities.

To learn more information about the premier partnership, take a look at Our Partnership page.