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The Greatest of These is Love, Part 2 Written by Heather Lojeski In the short three months since our last article ; Faith, Hope, & Love has grown immensely. Our goal has been to make sure that no child is handed a trash bag for their personal belongings when they are displaced from their home due to abuse, neglect, or tragic event.  We are well on our way to making this goal a reality. We have been working with Racine County Human Services to provide duffel bags to every child entering foster care.  Recently, it was brought to our attention, there is no plan in place to provide duffel bags to children in short term, crisis treatment.  Read More... Together, with Racine County Human Services, we made a plan to provide two bags to every crisis treatment foster home that may receive children during: evening hours, weekends, and holidays.  This is just one of the ways we are making sure that no child has to move their personal belongings with a trash bag, and we are able to provide

We Have Done It! By JAK’s guest mom blogger from Sturtevant,   Leann Pomeroy The Schulte Elementary School PTA has raised $36,000 and the equipment has been ordered for the new playground at the school. Yay! One fall day the rescue squad had to be called to Schulte Elementary School in Sturtevant because a child had gotten his finger caught in the old, rusted unsafe playground equipment.  Thankfully he was okay.  That is when we knew we were on the right track with our plan to replace the old equipment. Read More... [caption id="attachment_1814" align="alignnone" width="300"] The old equipment[/caption] As a school we have raised the funds through many fundraisers including eat out nights, Skatetown  parties, vendor fair, Market Day , yearbook sales, t-shirt sales, holiday gifts from teachers and students. You name it, we did it!  We also applied for many many grants and were awarded a few, but far more were not.  One of our best fundraisers was our S

We All Scream. The "Silent" Scream Written by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann Just Add Kids is excited to be sponsoring, by far, the "coolest" fundraiser in town... SCAN's Cones for Kids .  Brought to you by Lutheran Social Services' the Stop Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) program, this unique, family-friendly event will be held next week Wednesday, July 17th from 6-8pm at the Racine Masonic Center, located at 1012 Main Street. Here's the scoop...come sample mini-cones from Racine's best ice cream/gelato/custard shops. Guests taste and vote for their favorite to win the SCAN's Golden Scoop Award. Entertainment will be provided by Read More... the Big Balloon Tycoon and kids craft with Home Depot. And please take the time to read through a dynamic line up of silent auction items, including donations from Six Flags,  Chicago Skydeck, TimberRidge Waterpark and Resort, Green Meadows Petting Farm, and Betty Brinn Children's Museum, to name

Tradition Transition by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann Patriot (def): A person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors. I can identify with that definition.  And boy oh boy, along with many members of my family, community, and country, do we ramp up our patriotism with displaying the red, white, and blue (in our clothing, accessories, etc.) and that of Old Glory ...today especially, Independence Day . While I say I can identify with being a patriot, I can also say there are many more who put their money where their mouth is and are fighting and/or have fought the good fight. To those, I applaud you for your service and I am pleased to be personally celebrating side by side with a few of these good men today. Today, unlike many many (this is the 19th celebration of such) years of parade going, Herrmann family party and fireworks, marks the first year of noticeable difference. I didn't go to the parade. Say what? Read Mo