Tiny Hands approved as an Official Certifying Organization for the Presidents Volunteer Service Awards!

Tiny Hands is proud to announce that we have been approved as a Certifying Organization for the President’s Volunteer Service Award, a national program recognizing people (in our case children) who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to volunteer service. Established in 2003, the Award was created to give Presidential recognition to individuals, families and groups who meet requirements for volunteer service, measured by the number of service hours performed over 12-months.
Tiny Hands is one of thousands of organizations that have joined forces to deliver the President’s Volunteer Service Award and honor the volunteers who strengthen our communities. As a Certifying Organization for the Award, Tiny Hands is responsible for verifying service hours, nominating potential recipients and delivering the Award.
Together, we can strengthen our communities – one hour at a time.
For more information about volunteering with Tiny Hands, contact k.swanson@cox.net. For more information on the President’s Volunteer Service Award and to find out how to identify additional volunteer opportunities in this area, visit www.presidentialserviceawards.gov or call 1-866-545-5307.

Monster Munch Food Drive project outline

After great success last year with the collection of several hundreds pounds of food, *Tiny Hands presents our 2nd Annual Monster Munch Food Drive and first ever Photo contest!
For the Monster Munch Food Drive, we will be turning garbage receptacles into funky monster food receptacles and then setting these up for collection of non-perishable food items for the RI Food Bank.
WHEN: Decorating of the monster receptacles will be conducted at our local elementary school, with participation by our children and other children in the community that hear about our event through the paper. Donations will be accepted from May 1st through June 17th.
WHERE: Our hungry "monsters" will be conveniently located at 6 local spots that we feel have good traffic
PRIZE: To WIN, contestants must take their photo donating to each of the 6 monsters - then email or mail their photos and address to one of our members. On receipt of photos we will mail the winner a prize and enter them into our GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!
GOAL: Two-fold: Provide our community with the opportunity to bring our local Food Bank much needed food during the summer months. Within our organization, to provide our children with the opportunity to learn about the needs of others and empower them to make a difference. Our children participate in creating/maintaining the monsters, weekly food collection, maintenance and delivering of food to the Food Bank.