For the KidSake!
Page High School senior Nicole Gallardo from Spring Hill chose a different path. She chose to help others.
All Page High seniors are required to spend 25 hours working on a special project within the community which they must present to their peers and teachers upon completion. Gallardo chose The KidSAKE Foundation (KSF), a local non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of under-served children.
“When students like Nicole call up and request an opportunity to volunteer, I know great things are going to happen, and they are!” says KSF Executive Director Jenny Rogers. “Nicole has set up a new database program for us with donors and volunteers from the past two years and helped us to organize and run our booth at the Country Ham Festival in Spring Hill last weekend. We raised $337 for our Honduran Project and could not have done it without her help.”
For Nicole the experience has been reassuring.
“We can’t change the government of a third world country, but we can make a positive difference in the lives of those that live there by helping them with the basics and helping them become more self-sufficient,” Gallardo says.
Other student volunteers at the Spring Hill Country Ham Festival were: Nicky Gallardo, age 15, and Mya Gallardo, age 5.
Top: Nicole Gallardo in front of KSF booth.
Left: Nicole Gallardo seated with promotional bracelets for KidSAKE in her lap. The bracelets were woven by inmates at a prison in Marcala, Honduras. Proceeds from each $5.00 bracelet will feed a child for one month at the soup kitchen in Cane, Honduras.
About KSF
Since its inception in 2006, KSF has sought after young adults and children to help implement its developing programs. “We (at KSF) believe that through service to others, our own problems diminish and our self-esteem has a chance to flourish. It is wonderful to watch young people participate in hands-on activities that directly benefit and improve the lives of others. Everyone’s lives are enriched in the process,” Rogers says.
The KidSAKE Foundation is currently working on a project in Cane, Honduras that involves ensuring that small children have the food they need at a local soup kitchen, an opportunity for education, and that their parents will be able to return to school and receive training they need to provide a better living for their families. This project involves a partnership with Middle Tennessee State University faculty and students.
For more information on The KidSAKE Foundation and its programs, please visit www.kidsakefoundation.org. Donations can be made online or sent to: The KidSAKE Foundation, P.O. Box 233, Thompsons Station, TN 37179. The KidSAKE Foundation is a 501 c (3) non-profit organization.
