2011-2012 Organizational Accomplishments
- Kid Power was featured as a top 70 nonprofit in the Washington City Paper 2011 Giving Guide (see the story here).
- Kid Power assumed control of Facilitating Leadership in Youth (FLY), a non-profit that served 45 youth in the Barry Farm community of Ward 8.
- Kid Power's VeggieTime Project won the 2012 MetLife Innovator Award (read about it here).
- The CookieTime Project was featured on the Harris’ Heroes segment on Channel 7 News (read the story and see the video here).
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The VeggieTime Project was featured on Fox News with Holly Morris (see the full video here), the Radio One network, and FM 107.3.
- Kid Power was selected as the recipient of a large in-kind consulting project from COMPASS (learn more here).
- Students organized monthly service projects and large-scale activities for the MLK and Global Youth Days of Service. Overall, students completed 8,209 service hours.
- VeggieTime expanded to 8 garden sites, organized regular activities for the Columbia Heights and Petworth Farmer’s Markets, and sponsored the DC State Fair.
- The CookieTime program formalized business partnerships with Booz-Allen-Hamilton, Grant Thornton, and the Corporate Executive Board.
- Kid Power student student, Malcom Camille (pictured right) at Prospect Learning Center won Best Sustained Garden Award (read his award- winning essay here).
- Kid Power students implemented a successful service trip to Philadelphia.
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