A Kids Creative Poem for 2010

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December, 2010 Dear friends, We wrote a poem for 2010. Read it once or over and over again. Click here to make an end-of-year donation, but be sure to keep reading for some rhyme relaxation. But be forewarned: This rhyme is so hot, it's spontaneously combustible You'll just have to donate cause it's tax deductible To read more about how your gift will help, click here. The Poem 2010, what a Kids Creative year Our children wrote stories, made friends and they cheered Confidence was key and the imagination reigned Click here to watch a music video called "The Pain Drain" Our strong results are sure to make you go "wow" From improved academics to artistic know-how Attendance was high but parents' need doth grow Every child deserves the chance to steal the show Our alumni are proof of our success Two students on Broadway demonstrate that best Our Urban Hero Manley Carter phrases it like a gem "Kids Creative allows me to just be myself wherever I am" So give peace education as your end of year gift And you're sure to give a child a life-changing lift That was the year from the Kids Creative Crew Festive cheer and best wishes from us to you!!! Support peace education through the arts with a year-end tax-deductible donation to Kids Creative (CLICK TO DONATE ONLINE). $50 gives the gift of Creative Expression--Buy art supplies for an after school class for the entire year $100 gives the gift of Confidence Building--Support a recording session for one of our summer camp groups so they can take home a CD of music that they wrote and performed $250 gives the gift of Alternatives to Violence--Sponsor aworkshop for high school students in conflict resolutiontechniques $500 gives the gift of Community--Sponsor a scholarship for a camper to attend camp for an entire week $5,000 gives the gift of After School--Sponsor an after school class for 20 kids at an underserved elementary school for the whole year Any financial gift, $25, $50, $5,000, will help Kids Creative offer youth from underserved communities throughout New York City the opportunity to have fun and learn in safe, supportive environments year round. Your contribution will allow Kids Creative to provide essential skills and experiences to youth in need. Every gift will help send a deserving student to a Kids Creative after school program, summer camp or workshop. To read more about how your gift will help, click here. How to Help: Click Here to Donate Online. or send a tax deductible donation to Kids Creative 32 Broadway, Suite 1801 New York, NY 10004 Questions, Comments, Ideas? Contact me at (646) 485-5123 or adam@kidscreative.org SUMMER CAMP 2011 Make a peaceful community with us this summer at the Kids Creative Summer Camp!!! July 5-August 12, 2011 Click here for more info... Thanks to everyone who came to "Kids Creative in Reverse" on December 4th. Stay tuned for more Camp Open Houses. And join us at the Kids Creative Mid-Winter Break Camp, February 21-25, 2011. Thanks so much for supporting Kids Creative. Here’s to a year of peace and creativity, Adam Jacobs, Kids Creative Executive Director Stephen Jacobs, Kids Creative, Co-Founder Suzu McConnell-Wood, Kids Creative Program Director

Thank you!

December 4th: Kids Creative Summer Camp Warm Up

SUMMER CAMP WARM UP

Saturday, December 4th, 1-3 PM

PS 191, 61st Street and Amsterdam Ave

Watch Kids Creative staff perform a play from this summer

-Bring friends

-Register that day and get a discount

-Vote for your play today.

Voting ends Monday, November 22.

P.S. You're awesome

Congratulations to Manley Carter and to the Catalog for Giving

Kids Creative was a proud participant and beneficiary at the Catalog for Giving Urban Heroes Awards Benefit on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. It was a wonderful evening where KC and 9 other amazing organizations were recognized for our work with youth in New York City. Here are some images from the night, as well as a link to the speech given by our Urban Hero, Manley Carter (the full transcript of the speech is below).

Enjoy.

Click here to see a video of part of Manley's speech.

Click above for Manley's speech

Wendy Williams presented some of the awards

Catalog for Giving Executive Director Mike Capobianco with Manley's mother Veronica, Manley and Kids Creative Executive Director Adam Jacobs

Manley and Veronica with KC Advisory Board Member Ally Sheedy, who presented Manley's award

The evening's host Bill Ritter, News Anchor from WABC-7 in New York

Celebrity Blogger Micah Jesse also presented an award

The full transcript of Manley's speech:

Hi, my name is Manley Carter.

Kids Creative has had a positive effect on me throughout the 6 years that I have been part of the program. They have allowed me to expand my mind and my creativity when helping out on projects and plays.

The program has also taught me how to listen to and respect other people’s opinions and ideas and to participate in more activities. They've also helped me to open up more and not be afraid or ashamed to express my thoughts or feelings. They have taken me on lots of fun trips where I got the chance to experience many different things but most of all Kids Creative always allows me to just be myself and have lots of fun.

I think it's important to be yourself because you should not have to change who you are to be accepted by anyone. Being yourself means you can express who you are and your feelings about different things and still be respected by people as long as you are not being disrespectful to hurt someone else. No one should be afraid to be who they are regardless of how they look, sound or even because of their race or age. I'm glad that Kids Creative allows me to be myself when I'm around them and lets me know that I can be myself where ever I am.

I am going to be a leader when I grow up, somebody who is going to lead by my actions.

The more creative I become, the more I will have better opportunities in life.

My community has given me the chance to learn, grow and play so when I grow up I want to give back to them and with the help of my parents and my older brother I know I will do a good job.

Thank you Kids Creative and good night!

Ally Sheedy, Wendy Williams and Bill RItter at the Catalog for Giving Dinner NEXT WEEK

NEXT WEDNESDAY, join Kids Creative at The Catalog for Giving Benefit dinner with Ally Sheedy, Wendy Williams, Bill Ritter and more.

Congratulations to Manley Carter, this year's Urban Hero from Kids Creative.

THIS SATURDAY: Dirty Sock Funtime Band at PS 89

Exciting news...tickets are still available!

THE DIRTY SOCK FUNTIME BAND will play two shows at P.S. 89 in lower Manhattan. This is a fundraising event- all proceeds will go to benefit the school.
The show times are 2PM and 4PM.
P.S. 89 is at the corner of Chambers Street and the West Side Highway.
Tickets are just $10 for kids and $15 for adults.

To purchase tickets online go to: www.kidsshowny.com/PS89_Show.html
Tickets can also be purchased for cash at the door but only if any seats are still available.
...join the event page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103481139700815

Really excited for Fashion for Passion

Kids Creative is feeling good today!!! We have been selected by internationally renowned fashion photographer to be the beneficiary of his new endeavor, Fashion for Passion. See the info below about an event tomorrow!!!

Join Kids Creative's Summer Camp Performance

Join the Kids Creative Summer Camp 2010

Original Performances written and performed by KC Summer Camp 2010

(Schedule and Story Synopses below)

SEE NEW TIME FOR CAP PRO's FRIDAY PERFORMANCE

8/10, Tuesday

"Truth Boy: The Quest" by CAP Group 1, 10:00-11:00 AM

"The Immortal Ice Unicorn" by CAP Group 2, 5:00-6:00 PM

8/11, Wednesday

"Mascot City" by Create-A-Dream, 10:00-11:00 AM

"Truth Boy: The Quest" by CAP Group 1, 5:00-6:00 PM

8/12 Thursday

"The Immortal Ice Unicorn" by CAP Group 2, 10:00-11:00 AM

"The Great Banana and Gluestick War of the Brethren Kings" by CAP Pro, 2:30-4:00 PM

"Mascot City" by Create-A-Dream, 5:00-6:00PM

8/13 Friday

"The Everything Planet" by Create-A-Tale 1, 10:00-11:00 AM

"The Fairies in the Cages of Dr. Smarts", Create-A-Tale 2, 11:00 AM

"The Great Banana and Gluestick War of the Brethren Kings" by CAP Pro, Final Performance 3-5PM

All performances at P.S. 191, 210 West 61st Street @ Amsterdam Avenue

"Mascot City and the Pre-Determination of Colors

aka Snot, The Musical"

by

Create a Dream aka The Popping Platypus Superstarz

In Mascot City, colors determine a lot of things, including your personality. The Platypus family is no exception. Perry Jones (a male platinum colored platypus) is strong and silent and Peggy Jones (a female purple platypus) is bossy and spoiled.

One day Perry, Peggy and the Jones family are walking in Mascot City and begin to argue, as they often do. They get so lost in their tiff that they don't realize they've entered a haunted house until they meet Phroedric the Butler. While investigating the house, they come across the Black Monsters, who kidnap Phroedric and steal the Platypus family's colors, turning them clear. The Black Monsters work for Booger Green Man (who is green with envy), and is lonely and thinks that trapping the residents of Mascot City and stealing their colors will make them his friends. The Black Monsters are other mascots who've had their colors stolen. The Black Monsters trap the Jones Family (who are now color-less Platypi) in a cage.

Enter Booger Green Man, who tells the Jones he will force them to be his friends. Quick thinking Perry calls Psycho Rooster Dude and The Crazy Chicken Mayor on his wristwatch walkie talkie to come save them. The Crazy Chicken Mayer is golden yellow (happy and powerful), unless he gets angry, when he gets big red chicken pox (get it, chicken pox...). He arrives at the haunted house, and starts getting pox because he's upset that his friends have been trapped. He untraps them by picking the lock with his claw and they get their colors back and the family decides to adopt Booger Green Man. Awesomeness ensues.

"Truth Boy: The Quest"

by

Create a Play 1 aka The Dancing Abba Boo Boo Banditos

Truth Boy always liked telling the Truth. On his planet, Create-A-Toon, he was very well liked by all the townspeople because he was everyone's source for truth. Truth Boy's best friend and side kick, Bookwrom, was always with him to help him tell the truth. But everything changed one morning when Truth Boy woke up, no longer able to tell the truth. Little did he know the night before the evil witch and her minions (who were sick of Truth Boy being the most sought after denizen of Create-A-Toon) cast a spell to make Truth Boy unable to tell the truth. Looking for answers, Truth Boy went to the wise man Aboo's office. Aboo told Truth Boy in order to reverse the spell he must go on a quest to find the great white dolphin who will take him to the Witch's cave. Once there he will find the invisible sparkling rock, then present the Witch with a key. Of course things got complicated as everybody (including some "bad guys" like Stretch Girl and Ditch) in Create-A-Toon wanted the key for themselves. But Truth Boy remained calm and continued on his quest for truth with some new friends in tow.

"The Immortal Ice Unicorn"

by

Create a Play 2 aka THE IMMORTAL ICE UNICORNS

Once upon a time, in a magical and marvelous land far, far away there once lived an Immortal Ice Unicorn who protected the land and cared for all things good. There also lived a Wizard who made the Unicorn invisible because if the Sun ever saw how ice ice cold the Unicorn was the Sun would freeze and lose all its power and that would spell disaster for the inhabitants of this land. However, the evil witches, minion and moon created a fiery dragon that causes chaos across the land and stops the Wizard's invisible spell. By stopping the wizard, the eyes of the Sun finally see the invisible Immortal Ice Unicorn and because the Unicorn is ice ice cold she accidentally freezes the Sun thus giving all power and control to the Moon, Witches and the Fiery Dragon!! Stay tuned to see how our marvelous and magical story ends as we'll have special appearances by the Wizards daughters,the sky Goddess, Genie, Goku, Genius Boy, Ninja Boy, the Alien, the Good Witches and all!

"The Everything Planet"

by

Create a Tale 1 aka THE ENGINEERING MOONHANGING ZEBRAS

Our story takes place on a magical planet. On this planet there are people of all different colors (blue, purple, green, and pink people) and the people only see things as being the color that they are. There are also tigers, dinosaurs, pirates and WOLVES! One day the townspeople decide to go to Chuck E. Cheese in the Jungle when all of a sudden the wolves sneak up and bite the baby who then turns into a wolf baby! Suddenly Elijah the Pirate with his dinosaur and tiger companions appear and chase the wolves away. The townspeople ask their rescuers for help but they are tired and need to nap first. The next day the townspeople go to the river where they see the wolves and the wolves surround them. But The townspeople have a secret, they know a secret song to stop the wolves. Will the wolves fall in the river? Will the spell be broken?

"The Fairies in the Cages of Dr. Smarts"

by

Create a Tale 2 aka THE MAGICAL ROYAL UNIHEARTS

Fairies, from the Planet Umumumum, from the town of Tinkerland (where Tinkerbell is from, the most famous of all Fairies), awake in the morning and discover a new house that was not in their town the day before. They go to investigate, but it turns out that this house is a trap set by James Nobody, from fairystore. com. The Fairies get captured and are brought back to earth. James takes his rocket to Umumumum to capture Fairies that he sells online. These particular fairies were ordered by Dr. Smarts, who has six brains in is head under his special brain hat. If he doesn't drink Fairy Juice, his head will split open, the brains will fall out and explode. So he has to have the juice. A secret team of Fairy Spies discover that their friends are missing and go to earth to save them. But the Squishies, who work for Dr. Smarts, are guarding the captured Fairies, and can transform into other creatures to ward off any rescuers. The Fairies will have to discover a new way for Dr. Smarts to survive that does not involve capturing their friends, in order to save their friends and return to their own planet.

"The Great Banana and Gluestick War of the Brethren Kings"

a retelling of a play from Create-A-Play Summer Camp 2005

by

CAP Pro

The entire land is enmeshed in battle--bananas and glue sticks flying everywhere, a war led by two opposing kings, Glorklepus and Suplekrog. It seems that the war is not going well for Glorkelpus's Kingdom, though. His advisor Florkerd gives charts and graphs that show how they are losing badly. However, his other advisor Genesis knows they can win and wants to keep the war going. She encourages Glorkelpus to fuel the fire of the war by sending a dangerous note to Suplekrog and his crew, the Troublemakers. Glorkelpus sends the note, which gets The Troublemakers even more angry.

Genesis then decides it is time to start a rumor, that Glorkelpus and Suplekrog are brothers. This distracts Glorkelpus from the war and allows Genesis to take over. However, just at that moment, the Troublemakers develop a Banana Bomb to destroy Glorkelpus's Kingdom (well, in truth, more like turn it into one giant Banana Cream Pie).

Glorkelpus is so distracted by the rumor that he and Suplekrog are brothers that he can think of nothing else and must investigate. He goes to Grandma's Everything in the World for $0.99 Shop, where he finds out that the rumor is true!!! He goes back in time to see himself as an 11-year-old and discovers how this terrible truth unfolded--that he was so mean to his brother and kicked him out to the Troublemakers.

How will this be resolved? Will the kingdom ever be the same?

See you Sunday

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June 6th Deals, Steals and Appeals

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Dear friends, As you may know, this has been a difficult year for Kids Creative. With funding cuts from New York State, we are in danger of reducing our Summer Camp Scholarship Fund by over half. Through budget cuts and appeals to City and State officials, we are offering as many scholarships as possible, but the costs are still too high. However, in true Kids Creative fashion, when faced with difficulties, we see the glass half full and celebrate!!! Party with us on Sunday, June 6th & support our summer scholarship fund. If you can't make the party, please consider a donation to help us offer more scholarships. -Check out ticket deals!!! -Space is limited, get tickets today!!! Click here to reserve your ticket Tickets start at $20 ($25 at the door) *Rock out with the group nominated for a Parents Connect Award* *Watch the NY Premier of the Dirty Sock Funtime Band TV Show* *Eat a delicious lunch from Grandaisy Bakery* *Win raffle prizes* and... *Support Kids Creative* Read about the event on CityMommy.com Can't make it to the show? Click here make a donation to support our summer camp scholarship fund. Kids Creative Summer Camp Register today, Don't miss out!!! Follow us Kids Creative Needs Your Help Please consider a Financial Donation Buy from our Online Store Volunteer If you're interested in helping, either in the classrooms or somewhere else, we'd love to have you. Click here to find out more. Kids Creative info@kidscreative.org (646) 485-5123 NOTE NEW ADDRESS: 32 Broadway, Suite 1801 New York, NY 10004

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