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Welcome to the website for Kent Kids Miles of Smiles

Kent Kids is a charity founded in 1993 to care for sick and disabled children, since then the charity has grown and now runs Footprints a care home for Kids aged 3 - 17 years old, and has recently opened Redwalls a care home for 18+ year olds. To learn more about Kent Kids and what we do read the About Us section on this site.

You can also see how you can help the charity by organising sponsored events or donating to Kent Kids, you can find all the information you need on the How You Can Help page or if you dont have the spare time or money you can help us by spreading the word about Kent Kids, we have made this easier for you by supplying some Kent Kids banners wich you can easily add to your email/forum signatures or your own personal webpage using the code supplied on the Link to Us page.
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Kent Kids News : Summer News  
MUSIC IN THE GARDEN - 20th July 2008
On Sunday the 20th of July the weather was beautiful for our big music festival & BBQ, and the release of the balloons for our Annual Balloon Race in the gardens of Redwalls! The gates opened at 2pm with the first band going on stage at around 3pm, the lineup consisted of great local bands: Moss, Jimmie Bone, 2Outspoken, Face to Face, The Ladyboys & Counterfeit Notes. Everyone we've spoken to had a great day (including all that were working!) and along with us are looking forward to next years event! After taking out expenditures and such we made a clear profit of around £1700 so many thanks to everyone that helped make the day a success - all the great bands that played, Pete Buckle for lending us the spitroast, Tilmanstone Salads for the salad, all the Kent Kids staff that helped, and Pino & Angela Mazzamutto and their staff who closed down their Italian Restaurant for the day to come and cook for us!

OARS FOR A CAUSE - Sunday 13th July 2008
Sunday 13th of July at The Hythe Festival we had 18 teams of rowers in fancy dress arriving in Hythe, after a Mammoth 25 mile row along the Royal Military Canal called "Oars For A Cause" There was a fancy dress parade to music to celebrate the end of the row! The 18 teams of rowers completed the full length of the Royal Military Canal from Iden to Sea Point (Seabrook) to raise funds for us - Kent Kids. Their aim is to raise around £10,000 for a bathroom conversion which will enable the children to occupy the upstairs rooms at Footprints!

If you would like to make a donation please see a member of OFAC or send a cheque made payable to All Souls Primary School to: OFAC, co. All Souls Primary School, Stanley Road, Cheriton, CT19 4LG

GOLF DAY
Thursday 26th of June we held our annual Golf Day at Sene Valley near Hythe, and despite a lack of teams this year everyone both playing and involved in organising the day had a great time! We didnt have enough teams for a "Shotgun Start" so started the day as normal instead, luckily the weather was fantastic and stayed that way until the evening when we had a wonderful meal that was thouroughly enjoyed by everyone! All in all the event ended up raising us over £1700! Many thanks to everyone who attended the day either to play or to help out and we look forward to seeing you all and hopefully a few more next year. Keep an eye on our events page for the location, dates and times for next year!

SCRAPALICIOUS
Saturday the 5th of April Kent Kids opened its doors to “SCRAPALICIOUS”, our very own scrapbooking & card making supply shop. We have turned one of our large store sheds into our new shop. You will find our prices much cheaper than your usual craft shops, and all of our profits go directly to Kent Kids Miles Of Smiles, so why not come along and give us a try. We had a reasonably good response on the opening day and had lots of interest in joining our Wednesday Night Group of Scrapbookers & Card Makers! As well as the shop and the wednesday night crop we also have cardmaking sessions and can hold childrens birthday parties! Shop opening hours are Mon-Fri 9-4pm. Any queries on the shop please give Liz a ring on the office number!
 
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