Whats going on everybody? Seems like school and winter are now officially in full swing but I thought I would give everyone a quick update on the K4K happenings. Shirts should be on the website in the next couple of weeks just in time for the holiday season! Proceeds from the shirts are going to be going towards shipping equipment over to the Peace Corps based in Kenya for a soccer program they are up and running....huge opportunity for us to make a difference so please please please help us out and get a sweet shirt at the same time! I know you want to do it!
Also we have a couple cool cats doing some fundraisers to help get the equipment to send over to the peace corps so lets give some big ups to them! Thanks guys!
Also K4K is on Twitter and we only have 140 followers so if your on Twitter jump on that bandwagon! Our name is @Kicks4kenya
Thats all for now folks but keep in touch because things are going to be getting crazy soon and it will be an exciting ride!
K4K OUT
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Long time no See
Hey everyone hows it been going? Been forever since I have been on here and I apologize, school has me all sorts of busy! But its good to be back and things are still really moving along here. Just wanted to update and let everyone know of an awesome young man we have been working with who is hosting a Coins4Kenya event as a fund raiser for our new program! He got some good press and we want to share it with everyone! Big ups Jake and keep up the good work!
Coins4kenya
Coins4kenya
Monday, July 6, 2009
Dates are set!
Well we officially have the details laid out for our trip this winter. The dates are going to be dec 18-jan 3rd! We are teaming up with maishia international orphanage in Nairobi to host a soccer tournament in the slums of the capital. After that we will be moving about 4 hours north to Nakuru to build a soccer field and community center with the Nakuru Baby Orphanage.
This will be by far the biggest project for k4k but we are very excited about it! We would love for you to join us in trying to make a difference for the young people of kenya! We will need your financial support for the logistics of shipping equipment over and rebuilding the soccer field. We also need everything from jereseys and balls to whistles and cones!
If you are involved with a club or high school soccer team or know of someone that is this is a great time to get involved. We would love for you to get involved with our Teams4Teams program or even just have an equipment drive and collect old equipment. We would love to get a lot of people involed with these projects!
If you have any questions don't hesitate to shoot me and email and I will respond as quickly as possible! Once again thank you for the support and looking forward to a productive summer!
K4K out!
This will be by far the biggest project for k4k but we are very excited about it! We would love for you to join us in trying to make a difference for the young people of kenya! We will need your financial support for the logistics of shipping equipment over and rebuilding the soccer field. We also need everything from jereseys and balls to whistles and cones!
If you are involved with a club or high school soccer team or know of someone that is this is a great time to get involved. We would love for you to get involved with our Teams4Teams program or even just have an equipment drive and collect old equipment. We would love to get a lot of people involed with these projects!
If you have any questions don't hesitate to shoot me and email and I will respond as quickly as possible! Once again thank you for the support and looking forward to a productive summer!
K4K out!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
A special date and a special project
Hope this blog post finds everyone in good shape! Things have really been good for us lately....very busy. It was 3 years ago this month (don't remember the exact day) that the idea Kicks4Kenya was created. Hard to believe how far things have progressed in such a short amount of time....thank you so much for all your help!! None of it would be possible without your support!!
On that note we have a special project planned for our december 09 trip to Kenya. We are going to be teaming up with the nakuru baby orphanage that we stayed with on our last trip to build a community rec center in the nakuru city center! This complex will not only include a soccer field, but also basketball courts, playgrounds, and much more! This truly is a great opportunity to help an entire community of children!
Obviously the cost of this project will be substantial so we are starting our fundraisers now. We are working with coffeeXperts.com selling coffee to raise the money. Each 1 LB bag of coffee is only $12 and 2 LB bags are $24. So tell all your coffee drinking friends to order their coffee through this great company! This is an ongoing fundraiser as well....so if you run out go and order some more! drink some coffee and help make a difference! So go to our special link on their website and get your coffee today!
http://www.coffeexperts.com/kicks4kenya.aspx
Also our first set of t shirts will be on the website soon so keep an eye out for those. Thanks again for all your supprt and allowing us to do what we do!!
K4K out
On that note we have a special project planned for our december 09 trip to Kenya. We are going to be teaming up with the nakuru baby orphanage that we stayed with on our last trip to build a community rec center in the nakuru city center! This complex will not only include a soccer field, but also basketball courts, playgrounds, and much more! This truly is a great opportunity to help an entire community of children!
Obviously the cost of this project will be substantial so we are starting our fundraisers now. We are working with coffeeXperts.com selling coffee to raise the money. Each 1 LB bag of coffee is only $12 and 2 LB bags are $24. So tell all your coffee drinking friends to order their coffee through this great company! This is an ongoing fundraiser as well....so if you run out go and order some more! drink some coffee and help make a difference! So go to our special link on their website and get your coffee today!
http://www.coffeexperts.com/kicks4kenya.aspx
Also our first set of t shirts will be on the website soon so keep an eye out for those. Thanks again for all your supprt and allowing us to do what we do!!
K4K out
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
New support opportunity coming up
Thanks to our good friends at PacificTshirtCo we are going to have a new opportunity for our supporters to help us and our goal to raise moeny to renovate a soccer field in kenya!! As part of this great companies grand opening we are co-developing a special "charity" T-shirt with all the proceeds going to our project! This is a great opportunity to not only help two great organizations but also help change the lives of thousands of children! You can either go to PacificShirt.com or kicks4kenya.org within the next couple weeks to help us out! Thank you for your continued support and a special thanks to PacificTshirtCo!
k4k Out!
k4k Out!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
First Group Trip Planned!
Greetings to everyone out there on the interweb! It has been awesome to hear all of the positive feedback from the new website....thanks again Adam! Really cool to see our small idea grow into something like this.....very humbling.
Over the past several months we have had quite a few people ask when we are going to take another trip over and also ask about possibly joining us on it. The idea of getting a group of young people to travel with us has always been a goal of mine, so after figuring out a few details we have decided that now is a good time to plan our first ever group trip to kenya! I think it is awesome that because of all this we have people coming to us asking to travel halfway across the world to help out others...so cool! So this December-January, we will be taking a month long trip to nakuru, kenya to help renovate a community soccer field of a team we helped on our last trip in 2007, as well as work in the community with the street youth. Our main goal will be to provide a safe place for children from all across the city to come and play soccer.
We have 4 people already booked ready to go and are willing to take 2 more. So if you or someone you know is interested in traveling to Africa to play some soccer and help others all at the same time, contact me!!
Due to the cost of this project, we are asking for your help. The renovation of the field will cost around $5,000 US and the cost for each person on the trip will be around $3,000. So in total we are looking at about $15,000 for this trip. We are saving money of our own as well, but we will need your help and support to make this trip a reality! We will be hosting several fundraisers during the summer that we would love your support with! We are not asking for alot because as I have seen in the past, every dollar counts! If you are willing to help out in anyway please visit our donation page on our website or email me with any questions!
http://www.kicks4kenya.org/donate.php
With your donation we will send you a complete packet recapping our trip upon our arrival. We will also send you the bio and photo of one special child that your generous donation helped during our stay! We will also be creating a special trip page on the website soon so you can track the progress of our goal to raise the $15,000!
Thats all I have for now so thank you for the time and looking forward to speaking again and seeing what the future holds!
k4k Out
Over the past several months we have had quite a few people ask when we are going to take another trip over and also ask about possibly joining us on it. The idea of getting a group of young people to travel with us has always been a goal of mine, so after figuring out a few details we have decided that now is a good time to plan our first ever group trip to kenya! I think it is awesome that because of all this we have people coming to us asking to travel halfway across the world to help out others...so cool! So this December-January, we will be taking a month long trip to nakuru, kenya to help renovate a community soccer field of a team we helped on our last trip in 2007, as well as work in the community with the street youth. Our main goal will be to provide a safe place for children from all across the city to come and play soccer.
We have 4 people already booked ready to go and are willing to take 2 more. So if you or someone you know is interested in traveling to Africa to play some soccer and help others all at the same time, contact me!!
Due to the cost of this project, we are asking for your help. The renovation of the field will cost around $5,000 US and the cost for each person on the trip will be around $3,000. So in total we are looking at about $15,000 for this trip. We are saving money of our own as well, but we will need your help and support to make this trip a reality! We will be hosting several fundraisers during the summer that we would love your support with! We are not asking for alot because as I have seen in the past, every dollar counts! If you are willing to help out in anyway please visit our donation page on our website or email me with any questions!
http://www.kicks4kenya.org/donate.php
With your donation we will send you a complete packet recapping our trip upon our arrival. We will also send you the bio and photo of one special child that your generous donation helped during our stay! We will also be creating a special trip page on the website soon so you can track the progress of our goal to raise the $15,000!
Thats all I have for now so thank you for the time and looking forward to speaking again and seeing what the future holds!
k4k Out
Saturday, May 23, 2009
New Teams4Teams Program launched!
Big news here in the K4K world. First off our new website is up and running! www.kicks4kenya.org. A special thanks to Adam Havens for all his work in getting up and looking awesome! So check it out for all your newest K4K info.....
Finally our newest initiative has officially been launched and its called Teams4Teams!! Wether you have a high school, club, recreational, or any other type of team, we want your help. We are asking your entire team to get together to help support an entire team in Kenya. This can include everything from shoes and balls to books and food. We have the opportunity to make such a huge difference so by grouping up and doing something with friends we can make an even bigger difference! For more info or if you would like to sponsor a team please email me at twidbin@kicks4kenya.org!
Thanks for all the support and keep in touch this summer for all information on fundraisers and activities!!
K4K Out
Finally our newest initiative has officially been launched and its called Teams4Teams!! Wether you have a high school, club, recreational, or any other type of team, we want your help. We are asking your entire team to get together to help support an entire team in Kenya. This can include everything from shoes and balls to books and food. We have the opportunity to make such a huge difference so by grouping up and doing something with friends we can make an even bigger difference! For more info or if you would like to sponsor a team please email me at twidbin@kicks4kenya.org!
Thanks for all the support and keep in touch this summer for all information on fundraisers and activities!!
K4K Out
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
