KIDS CARE

501(c)(3) who creates youth community service experiences, encourages Kindness & enviro stewardship We Create Kindness!

Our mission as a service learning nonprofit is to create youth volunteer experiences, in which we all learn and grow from giving Kindness to our community. We encourage volunteers of all ages to benefit in the Joy of giving their time & compassion to our neighbors in need. KIDS CARE also raises awareness about environmental stewardship. Our name is an acrostic poem for (KIDS) Kindness In Doing Service (CARE ) Connecting And Respecting Everyone.

06/03/2026

Thank you to The Home Depot West Cobb (Store 153) & The Artful Rabbit for sponsoring some kindness!

Home Depot generously donated 45 clay pots/trays, 45 annual flowers & 2 bags of soil for our April service.

The Artful Rabbit, a Kennesaw based small business, graciosly hosted our group while also donating paint & supplies.

Our volunteers hand painted 45 pots with positive messages & good vibes. Jaida placed flowers in all the pots which were then donated to 40 female 1st responders attending a mental health retreat hosted by Project Overwatch.

This simple gesture created genuine smiles for those who serve and protect us on a daily basis. We're so grateful for their strength & dedication to the community.

Special THANKS to our sponsors and our volunteers!

05/31/2026

Dispatching Kindness: Sidewalk Chalk for 9-1-1 Dispatchers at Cobb County E-911 on 4/13/26.
💛 Cobb County 911

Super proud of our volunteers for taking time to create kindness in this special way for our local 9-1-1 Dispatchers. We're so grateful for the crucial work they do for our community.

Thanks to our awesome disptacher's for being superheroes every single day of the year!

Well done KIDS CARE crew - you made smiles for very special people!

05/17/2026

KIDS CARE was grateful to participate in Red Day 2026 at the Governors Gun Club on 5/14. A day of giving back created & hosted by Keller Williams Reality Signature Partners including Mr. Tim Cowan of Tim Cowan Real Estate.

This awesome team of Keller Williams representatives hosted 45 local nonprofits, plus the Red Cross who held a blood drive and so much more! The event was open to the public with the mission of spreading the word of what we all do.

What an honor to get to meet & reconnect with so many incredible nonprofit & business leaders.

Thank you to everyone at the Keller Williams family for hosting this awesome community event!

Shout out to Jaida for rocking that booth -and Jenna - from Building Strong Horizons, Inc. for always having our back in every way.

We met some awesome new friends we can't wait to collaborate with!

05/09/2026

Awesome Smiles from Awesome Women. So glad they loved our gifts. Thank you to our incredible volunteers for helping make this magic happen: including Christa Thomas from The Artful Rabbit for providing that special place & awesome group leadership!

⭐️ Special thanks to our project donor Home Depot of West Cobb. ❤️💙🤍🪴 They donated 45 pots, soil and plants! Thank you Home Depot!

45 pots were hand painted with love by KIDS CARE volunteers and filled with flowers (by Jaida) to bring smiles to first responder woman attending a mental health retreat with Project Overwatch . ❤️

05/07/2026

💗It is with a heavy heart and treasured memories that we announce on behalf of the KIDS CARE family, the peaceful passing of my father & Jaida's very proud grandfather, Rick Gutierrez on Tuesday, May 5th, 2026.

Son, brother, husband, brother in-law, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, doggie dad, coach, friend & Marine - he filled many roles throughout his life.

Shaping me into the strong, compassionate woman I am today, these qualities live on in Jaida as well. He will be deeply missed for many reasons, including being KIDS CARE #1 fan and absolute constant supporter.

He has helped from a far on our annual backpack drive every year with data research, loved and shared every single post, donated to every cause where we needed something and continually pushed and encouraged us to keep doing what we're doing - even when it's hard.

And that's what we will do. We apologize for the lack of communications, posts, new events, updated volunteer hours and all the things over the past month. Everything was dropped to run to his side & help, support and love him while he fought through critical illness in the past few months.

We will return to normal operations as soon as possible. We have several services we want to share that our volunteers still accomplished while I was gone.

In Rick's honor - please give him a smile for making us who we are & a moment of appreciation while doing one of his favorite things: playing & loving on doggies, fishing, barbequing, going for a ride in a cool car, collecting coins, shooting fi****ms, cheering for Detroit sports teams, enjoying a coke slushie or cotton candy & most definitely - loving on your family.

In lieu of flowers to the family, if you would like to make a donation in his honor, please consider donating to one of the two causes below that were near and dear to his heart:

💖 KIDS CARE (Daughter & Granddaughter's Nonprofit): https://kids-care2018.org/support-our-efforts
💖 The National League of POW/MIA Families (Specific to Vietnam Veterans): https://www.pow-miafamilies.org/donation

We thank you all for your love, support, and patience as we catch our breath and heal.

Kindly,

💝Amie & Jaida Burke
KIDS CARE Co-Founders

04/07/2026

🌱Growing Kindness - we're looking for some special support. We're still in need of 2 large pretty outdoor pots, some annual flowers, a $100 gift card to a local garden center, and the 3 tons of slate chips from Georgia Landscape Supply.

🌸All items will be donated to Cobb County 911's private wellness GROW Garden. This important garden space was developed in 2022 as a safe, private, and quite space for 911 dispatchers to decompress and relax. (GROW = Growth, Restoration, Oneness & Wellness).

💙 KIDS CARE is partnering with the Cobb County Public Safety Foundation to acquire these in-kind donations. Once we do, our volunteers will help get all the spring cleaning done for these very incredible people and this very special space. Please contact Amie if you can help in any way.

04/02/2026

Need help finding the best place to donate good or services? We support lots of local nonprofits & we're happy to help you find the perfect one for your donations.

Today we dropped off 5 - $25 Food Vouchers to LiveSafe Resources that were donated by a private business donor. Thank you for your generosity!

03/30/2026

We had a wonderful time engaging kids to express their gratitude for 9-1-1 Dispatchers this past Saturday.

💌 Our local community Created 90 Kindness Cards for Cobb County 911 Dispatchers! Can't wait to pass along their Love at our 4/13/26 Sidewalk Chalk coloring appreciation day. (See event page if intersted in particpating).

🎈Kindness Cards were created at The Avenue West Cobb Spring Fest. Special thanks to our friends at Altar'D State for welcoming us.

www.kids-care2018.org/kindness-cards

03/19/2026

Volunteers wanted to help Create Kindness for Cobb County 911 Dispatchers!

All ages encouraged, including adults. Let's go have some fun!

In honor of Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, we will be leaving our special messages of love & appreciation via sidewalk chalk.

Please rsvp with KIDS CARE. Tour space is limited to 20 spots.

#911

03/17/2026

The heart of our nonprofit is listening to youth voices & creating a space for them to express and deliver their compassion. Year after year it's an honor to turn their ideas into community service experiences.

Now available for youth under 18 yrs old = submit your ideas on-line via our website!
www.kids-care2018.org/submit-a-service-idea

Feb 16, 2026.
Youth Service Ideas (brainstormed & organized by our youth volunteers):

🐶 Animals = Create adoption ads for nonprofits, help bring in stray cats, make toys for cats, organize blanket & food drives for animals, volunteer at McKenna Farms, assist Cobb County Animal Shelter, and help disabled animals.

🤝 Community General = Sports equipment drive, help out at daycare, no-sew blankets, learn ASL & use it.

💖 Disabled = Play/teach soccer, be friends, and help them with what they need.

🌏 Environmental = Trail cleaning & maintenance, cleaning school playgrounds & community complexes, more tree planting, yard maintenance for those who need assistance, and more litter cleanups.

🚒 First Responders = Pen pals program, host an event at a restaurant, surprise kindness, actors in active shooter training, help with smoke alarms, kindness cards.

💰 Fundraisers = water park events, waffles, a fun day & raffle, and ice cream at the park.

⛺️ Homeless = Cookout for the homeless, souper bowl food drive, build shelters, car wash to raise funds and buy tents & food, care baskets for homeless mothers on Mother's Day.

💚 Mental Health = Be a friend to those in the hospital (patient visits, rehab visits, playing music or games with patients), su***de prevention, pen pals with first responders, and kindness cards.

👵 Seniors = Pen pals, play games, just hang out.

🇺🇸 Veterans = Welcome home cards, tavern day, free dinner, necklaces, bracelets, Kindness cards, collecting needed donations for disabled vets

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So proud of these kids - look at how much of the community they thought about!
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www.kids-care2018.org

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3625 Dallas Highway
Marietta, GA
30064

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http://kids-care2018.org/

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