 KIDS' VOICES COUNT Founder, Helen Heinmiller If you are lucky, once in your life you will stumble on an experience so surprisingly inspiring that it changes your life forever. That is what happened to me, when I innocently volunteered to help my daughter's third grade class write a little book. I could not have imagined how insightful this experience would become. What these intelligent, open-minded children created was a thoughtful story about a subject near and dear to their hearts - bullying, filled with wisdom and creativity beyond my expectation. The plot, the characters, and the lessons came completely from their imagination. The level of cooperation and mutual support they showed inspired me to form the Kids' Voices Count Project. I hope to continue expanding on this idea of empowering children to use their voices now and help build well-rounded leaders for our future. KIDS' VOICES COUNT PROJECT encourages young people to:
For more information about KIDS' VOICES COUNT, please contact Helen at newpossibilities@verizon.net |
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Friends Helping Friends is a wonderful story that takes place at a very special zoo in Friendship City called the Beaver Creek Zoo. Beaver Creek Zoo is not an ordinary zoo. This zoo is for animals from all over the world that have special needs. There are rabbits that can't hop, a giraffe with a broken neck, and even an eagle with diabetes! Beaver Creek Zoo also has the most caring and special zookeeper named Mr. Leonard, who treats the animals like his own children. All of the animals are happy at the zoo, except for one little blind lion and a mean bully hyena that just arrived. But help is on the way, as three animal friends, a caring koala bear, a brave monkey and an honest wild hog, use their unique and special qualities to help the two new animals and, in the process, help each other become better animals, too!  |
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