How your kids can be involved?!?

Friends of Heroes has always been such a family oriented group. Many of us met online on our birth boards, others at play groups, or just word to mouth. Just looking at our Light the Night photo albums just shows that a major part of our teams are our kids!

It is so easy to let them get involved and make a HUGE difference.

Here are a few tips and idea to get your child involved. They will feel so great for helping out! Lets plant the seeds of giving and watch them grow.

Talk to your child, let them know why you are fundraising. Let them ask questions. A great movie to watch for explaining cancer to a young child is “Why Charlie Brown? Why?” Most Leukemia and Lymphoma Society offices will have a copy to borrow. Be sure to let them ask questions as well.

Let them come up with their own ideas! If is painting happy faces on rocks or planning a race, let them go for their dream. Just let them know that you are there to support them!

Tell them how great they are and what a big difference that this will make. I think that this is the part that is the most rewarding to my kids. They love to hear that they are helping!

Finally, reward them. You can take them out to ice cream, maybe even get them that toy that they have been wanting for so long, or print them a very nice certificate. But let them know that they did something so wonderful for others that it is there time to be honored.

Please be sure to share with us what your children are doing and take lots of pictures so that we can have some featured kid heroes!

Some fun ideas for your child’s fundraisers

  • Lemonade stands,
  • Kids crafts sale,
  • Dance a thon,
  • Walk or run a thon,
  • Carnivals,
  • Sell old toys,
  • Skating party,
  • Pennies for patients at their school (contact local LLS Chapter for more details)
  • Selling candy bars

Submitted by Beck Marko

To see how one of our kids is making a difference, see how she is Washing Away Cancer.