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*Event details (including time and addresses) are listed on our events page*
*For your convenience, our Contact form is available here.*
Upcoming Events:
Date TBD, 2010
OSU-OKC Family Health and Safety Day
OSU-OKC Campus * Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Needs: We are looking for information from Oklahoma organizations that promote child abuse awareness and prevention. Any organization that works with abused or neglected children either in awareness, prevention or treatment; we would love to help promote your group. Do you have something we can add to our door prize basket? Let us know! Help us help others by lending us a hand. We believe that networking is key to helping the public know what resources are available for them. We'll put your information out on our table for the public. We will be listing our resource groups on our website soon--free promotion opportunity for you!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
5th Annual Kelsey Briggs Run Against Child Abuse
Stars and Stripes Park * Edmond, Oklahoma
Needs: Runners, Walkers of all ages! Donations from businesses (please contact us about our current donation needs or if you have something you or your company would like to offer!), volunteers for race day. If you have a suggestion or idea, please contact us and let us know! Proceeds for this event will benefit Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
5th Annual Kids Against Child Abuse Rally and "Remember Me" Vigil
Lions Park * Harrah, Oklahoma
Needs: Speakers, entertainment, music, donated items, help with children's activities. Most of all, we need the children to be present! Family-oriented event, all children welcome! Have an idea for something that we could incorporate into this event? Please contact us and let us know! All ideas considered!
April 2011 (Date TBA)
Child Abuse Prevention Day at the Oklahoma Capitol * Oklahoma City
Needs: Not able to be present for this event? Don't let that prevent your organization from being promoted--let us help! We are looking for information from all Oklahoma organizations that promote child abuse awareness and prevention. Any organization that works with abused or neglected children either in awareness, prevention or treatment; we would love to help promote your group. Help us help others by lending us a hand. We believe that networking is key to helping the public know what resources are available for them. We'll put your information out on our table for the public. We will be listing our resource groups on our website soon--this is a free promotion opportunity for you! No strings attached!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
6th Annual Kelsey Saturday * Worldwide!
Needs: Help us make the 6th Annual event the biggest yet! We need to start assembling groups for our 6th annual event. Do you have a few hours you can donate to your community for 2-4 hours or more on Saturday, April 30, 2011? Groups are responsible for their own expenses. Planning ahead now can greatly reduce out of pocket expenses. Groups typically need 3-5 people per group, but even if it is just you at this time, please register so we can send people your way to help your group! Youth may have a group if a responsible adult will sponsor the group's location on Kelsey Saturday; this is purely for safety reasons. Have questions? Contact us! Online registration will be open by October 1st.
Ongoing Needs:
Kelsey Briggs Chapter of Hugs Across America
What we do: We provide teddy bears to children who are living in crisis. There is no crisis too small for a child to receive a teddy bear.
Needs:
1.) We are looking for people to tag our teddy bears with messages of hope. This is something that doesn't take long to do. Do you have an hour that you could visit one of our facilities and tag bears for an hour? We have locations in Edmond, Yukon, Norman and in the McAlester, Oklahoma areas. Tagging teddy bears is a relatively quick thing you can do to help make a difference. Even tagging one bag of 20 bears would be helpful. Tags and string are provided; all we need is your helping hand to put the tags on the bears!
2.) Do you know of a child who is living in crisis? Contact us!
3.) Do you know of an organization who could benefit from our teddy bears? Contact us with their information and we'll be in touch with them!
4.) We are also looking for dependable people who are willing to deliver our teddy bears for us on an as needed basis.
5.) We are always looking for anyone interested in holding a teddy bear drive for us! Contact us today!
6.) We are in desperate need of shelving for our Norman, Oklahoma unit. We are seeking someone who might be willing to build shelving for us so we can maneuver our unit. The unit is 10'x10'. We would like shelving that would go along three walls, maybe 3 shelves high. We're envisioning something relatively simple like unfinished wood and cinderblocks. The wood needs to be thick, sturdy enough to hold bags or boxes of teddy bears and some clothing that has been donated.
7.) We could also use some large clear plastic storage boxes for some of the donated items we have received.
8.) We are also looking for dry cleaners in the Oklahoma City metro area to clean our gently used donation items. We will promote your business on our website and will list you on our next printing of our brochures in exchange for dry cleaning services. Please contact us if you can help.
9.) Live out of state but still want to help? Contact us today!
Toys for Kelsey's Kids
What we do: We collect gently used or new toys for children of all ages. Toys are then donated to children in need during the Christmas holidays.
Needs: We are accepting toys and ask that toys be clean when we receive them to help us process them quickly. Please contact us for more information or shipping information!