Kids Doing GREAT Things: Meet them, Join them, Get Funding!

Random Kids who are Random Rockstars 

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The original Random Rockstar

RESULTS: $10 million

-Talia convinced a Midwest grocery chain to put her message on 8.5 million trick-or-treat bags and on 4.5 million print ads in 221 stores in a 7-state region.
-The governor of Iowa agreed to hold a press conference with Talia, and at her request, emailed the other 49 governors across the nation to support her project.
-Local, national and international media outlets picked up story, including TODAY SHOW (2x), CNN, MSNBC, ABC World News Now, FOX, NPR (2x), and newspapers across the country.
-In the end, $10 million was raised by kids, and kids' organization across the nation for hurricane relief, reported through Talia's website.
-The organizations that benefited from the effort include the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, UNICEF, Oprah's Angel Network, Heart to Heart and the Clinton-Bush Katrina fund.
-$250,000 was given to hurricane relief specifically in name of T.L.C.
-Talia held the first ever national conference call of kids across the nation, at the 5 million dollar mark, representing over 5,000 schools. Hurricane survivor children were also on the call. They celebrated the 3-month total by singing "God Bless America" with each part of the country singing the verse that related to them ("from the mountain" was sung by the mountain states, etc.)

- Talia was named UNICEF's first known NATIONAL YOUTH AMBASSADOR to facilitate with their Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign.
-Talia met with hurricane survivors on behalf of UNICEF in Houston, Texas, and attended UNICEF's annual meeting. She was the only child present.
-Talia promoted PIER ONE's holiday card contest, that benefits UNICEF, throughout Iowa. An Iowa girl won the contest.
-Talia has received numerous national awards for her work from Kohl's Kids Who Care, The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, a Daily Point of Light from the National Point of Light Foundation, the National Presidential Volunteer Award, and is currently a BRICK award finalist.
-Talia has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers including "Family Circle"," Time for Kids", "USA Today" and was on the cover of "Winner" magazine.

RANDOM ROCKSTAR GOING FORWARD

-Talia became the founder of RandomKid, in order to help kids to help others, using the skills she had learned.
-Talia kicked off projects across the country bringing in $300,000 for various charities by helping kids organize their plans to help others.

Random Rockstars Tonisha and Tiron

RESULTS: $25,000 and counting

-Tiron and Tonisha facilitated raising $25,000 for their local Louisiana school, Brock Elementary that was wiped out in Katrina. The students currently attend school in double-wide trailers on another school's campus.
%u2022 Tiron, a young artist, auctioned off his artwork to support the effort.

-December 19th was declared, forevermore, "Tiron and Tonisha Day" by the Mayor of Slidell, Louisiana.
-Tonisha was designated by RandomKid, "RandomKid Director of Inspiration".

RANDOM ROCKSTAR GOING FORWARD

-Tonisha and Tiron are on the "RandomKid National Task Force to Rebuild the Gulf".
%u2022 Tiron is continuing to create artworks to benefit rebuilding the gulf.
-Tiron and Tonisha are kicking off a new campaign with a working title of: "600 Reasons to Rebuild the Gulf". It is a painting made up of the hands of 600 kids still without homes.

RandomRockstars Lacey, Vancy, Lexy and Kacie

RESULTS: $25,000

-$13,000 in cash was raised in 2 weeks
-$3,000 was donated to purchase items on a wish list for the hospital that treats Konner who has leukemia
-20 gift cards were given to the family
-A car was donated to the family
-The family's home is going to be refurbished, remodeled and refurnished.
-Total value of cash and gifts: $25,000
-A 14 year-old RandomKid from Virginia heard the story and sewed her own stockings to support the cause in memory of a friend of hers who died of cancer in August of 2005.

-The RandomRockstars were the headline story the following morning, and the top of the news on every television station.
-The eastside of Des Moines , known for low-income families and a higher crime index, has been basking in this positive story emerging from their community, and the RandomRockstars are enjoying hero stature.
-The Des Moines Register Editor offered the girls an editor's "rose" for what they had accomplished.

RANDOM ROCKSTARS GOING FORWARD

-The RandomRockstars are joining up with Ericka M., from Virginia and kicking off a national "STUFF THE STOCKING" campaign to raise money for kids with cancer.

RandomRockstar Stevie

RESULTS: $11,500

-A state-of-the-art E.L.M.O. projector was procured for a Title 19 school in Arcadia, Florida, that was devastated by hurricane Charlie.
-Stevie procured 900 Christmas gifts, one for every student.
-She provided each teacher with a "Party-in-a-Box" to be used for a spontaneous celebration in each classroom at Memorial Elementary.
-Stevie was able to garner media attention, and bring her concerns to the general public that those who were devastated by hurricane Charlie should not be forgotten in the wake of hurricane Katrina.

RANDOM ROCKSTAR GOING FORWARD

-Delivered $1000+ worth of toys to All Children's Hospital in St. Pete. The toys were donated by her friends and family in lieu of gifts for Stevie's 12th birthday.
-Donated $1000+ worth of school supplies to the incoming kindergarten class at Memorial Elementary school. Each of the 200 kindergartners received a writing tablet, construction paper pad, plastic school supply box, pencils, erasers, crayons, colored pencil, markers, glue and scissors.
-Collected and delivered over 300 toys ($3000+) of toys for All Children's Hospital. This included personal DVD players with dozens of DVDs for the children in isolation due to the nature of their treatments.
-Delivered Holiday Gift Bags to 200 kindergartners at Memorial Elementary. The bags contained a stuffed "Beanie Baby" animal and holiday candy. She read "Brown Paper Teddy Bear" to each of the 10 classes, and passed out the gift bags.
-Stevie delivered 40 personal toiletries kits to Sarasota Memorial Hospital. These kits are hand sewn (by Stevie) drawstring bags containing shampoo, tooth paste, tooth brush, soap, floss and a comb. The toiletries were donated from a local hotel. Stevie sent letter to 7 local hotels, and received donated toiletries from two of them; the Veranda Inn and Days Inn of Venice.
-Represents the state of Florid a as a delegate to "FOR EACH OTHER", the RandomKid U.N. penpal project supporting AIDS in Africa.

RandomRockstar Emma

RESULTS: $5,000

-The mother's favorite rock band loaded up all their equipment into their tour bus and drove to her small farm town, performing pro-bono at Emma's school.
-That same rock band gave the mother and her daughters their first piano lesson, and the materials and supplies needed for future lessons.
-Businesses in the community offered food and accommodations for the RandomKid event at no charge.
-A musician from the local symphony volunteered to make the 45 minute drive to Marilyn's house each way to teach piano lessons to the family on a weekly basis.
-A community member who saw the story volunteered to help Marilyn address other desires she has, in whatever time she has left.

-Two children who heard the story were inspired to give their hair to Locks of Love.

RANDOM ROCKSTAR GOING FORWARD

-Emma inspired fellow student, Lanna W., to register with RandomKid, and Lanna has completed several major projects to date.
-Emma has since raised $1300 for hurricane relief through a school fundraiser.
-Emma joined the RandomKid National Task Force to Rebuild the Gulf, and has help generate more than $25,000 for the cause to date.
-Emma arranged for Marilyn to fulfill her dream of playing piano and singing Christmas carols with her Radiology Oncologist a year after procuring the lessons.
-Emma is helping kick-off a new school fundraising project called the "CLEAN DREAM TEAM" where 4th and 5th graders clean out anything a student wants from lockers to desks in exchange for donations to hurricane rebuilding.
-Emma sings and clogs at a local senior nursing facility.

RandomRockstar Lanna

RESULTS: $5,000

-Furnished an entire Habitat for Humanity Home, including family room, dining room and bedroom furniture, artwork, paint, flooring and decorative pieces.
-Procured landscaping materials
-Procured gift certificates

-Lanna was invited to speak at a Susan Handley Beijo Handbag event about her Habitat project, and Ms. Handley was so impressed with her that she invited her to speak at future retail events.
-Ms. Handley gave Lanna 5 hand-signed Beijo handbags to use to raise money for RandomKid. Ms. Handley rarely signs her handbags.
-Habitat for Humanity awarded her a special volunteer pin for her extraordinary effort.

RANDOM ROCKSTAR GOING FORWARD

-Lanna has since raised $1300 for hurricane relief through a school fundraiser.
-Lanna joined the RandomKid National Task Force to Rebuild the Gulf, and has help generate more than $25,000 for the cause to date.
-Lanna is helping kick-off a new school fundraising project called the "CLEAN DREAM TEAM" where 4th and 5th graders clean out anything a student wants from lockers to desks in exchange for donations to hurricane relief.

RandomRockstar Sarah

RESULTS: $9,000 and counting

-Sarah developed a product idea that was marketable.
-She collaborated effectively in coming up with a final design and tag.
-She engaged a manufacturer in Taiwan and procured seed money for the project.
-She landed FAMILY CIRCLE MAGAZINE to write a feature article in their December 2006 holiday issue.
-Sales have been coming in steadily from all over the United States.
-To date, $6,000 has been generated.

-Sarah was named Randomkid's National Youth Spokesperson.
-She acquired skills in product development
-She gained national media exposure to help propel her project further

RANDOM ROCKSTAR GOING FORWARD

-Sarah has made arrangements to build a Habitat for Humanity Home in the gulf after she raises her first $75,000.
-Sarah has joined the RandomKid National Task Force to Rebuild the Gulf.

Random Store

At this link you will find products designed by random kids to help others. Some of our kids have made tens of thousands of dollars for their charities of choice with their products. If you are a consumer with a conscience who wants to buy from kids with a conscience, this site if for you. Check back for product updates, as our store is new and growing.

If you have a product to add, including original artworks and CD's, contact: Anne@randomKid.org!!!!

More GREAT Kids: Awards and Grant options 

Learn about awards and grants that can take you to the next level

Awards, grants and Kids

Open, and you will find some great organizations! You will learn about awards they offer and kids who have won them in the past.

Table of more youth service awards and scholarships

This award/grant table has been compiled by the DO SOMETHING organization. If you haven't heard of DO SOMETHING yet, you will! They are seeking to become the OSCARS of youth service, and are well on their way! Although there is some overlap with the site above, DO SOMETHING has organized this information so that you know right away if you are eligible for the award/grant.

More awards and grants

There is also some overlap on this webpage with the ones above, but it features many other great sites not mentioned above, so be sure to check this one out, too.

Grants for youth service programs and non-profits

I found this link to a gazillion grants for kids going great things looking to raise funds. I also saw that Staples Center and Hamburger Helper have grants, too. DO SOMETHING gives away $500 Gamestop Grants. So check out the possibilities!

RandomStore

ONE MORE TIME: Design, create and/or buy products to help others. If you have a product, artwork or a CD to sell, let RandomKid know and they will sell it for you! Everything must be produced by kids, with proceeds designated to help others. I keep plugging this because it's an easy way to help the world!