When’s a good age for kids to start volunteering?
Kids are never too young to start volunteering. Are you envisioning a toddler pulling the table cloth out from under an intricately decorated auction table? I have two boys and if you told me they could volunteer when they were that age, I’d have thought you were...
Ella’s Room Makeover
On Tuesday I had the privilege of being a part of Special Spaces Chicagoland’s room makeover for Ella. Ella is a typical almost four year old in so many ways; especially how she interacts with her older siblings. She reminds me of my daughter who is the same age....
What does #LiveInsideOut mean?
We are working to build a generation of children and families that strive to “live inside out”. What does that mean? We focus on helping kids develop the character skills (i.e. social and emotional skills) necessary to thrive in their lives, schools, and later in jobs and community, which is the “inside piece”. The “outside” part is being connected to the community through volunteerism. All of our programs combine these two elements!
5 Opportunities to Get Involved
Inside Out Club DuPage offers an after-school program, weekend program, and online (Inside Out Club Live). Additionally, IOCD provides parents and educators with two online resources to help them build character and volunteer from home.
Working with teachers, volunteers, parents, school administrators and outside organizations, the Inside Out Club is positively impacting more than 3,000 children and their families each year.