Yay! You received your kit!
We’ve been so excited to deliver these to you!!
We have been working with artists, authors, publishers and community members to put these together for you! We hope that you have just as much fun going through them as we did putting them together!
The packs are filled with art and school supplies but we also hope the books, and activities we included make it fun for you to get creative off screen. The coloring book is filled with designs and activities made just for you too! Let’s check out whats inside!
Where did these kits come from?
Hola, we are Wendy and Jackie! We have been working with your Teacher Veronica Duran to create learning kits for all of you! Our intention with these kits is to give you fun creative activities to do off screen. We hope they provide an outlet for you to express yourself and be inspired to try new and creative things! We are excited to see all of the projects you come up with!
We couldn’t have put these kits together without all the support of our community!
Volunteers come over every weekend to work on putting these together!
Artists created special coloring pages!
We put a call out to Artists to help us create a special coloring book. This is a unique bilingual book created with you in mind! Read the quotes out loud and don’t ever forget that YOU ARE MAGIC! See your family and your community represented in the pages & remember you are not alone!
Thank you to all the Artists that contributed their time & their designs:
Sacred_Art, The Designing Chica, Mariana Gomez, Amor Por Vida, Dora Lopez, Veo Leo, Art Kid Shirley, Sandy Zanella, Kalli Arte, Belen Ledezma, Art is Jupiter, Gustavo Rimada & Antonio Pelayo
Authors, Illustrators and publishers have been so generous!
Our mailbox has been receiving boxes and boxes of the most amazing books! Award winning, bilingual books about empowerment, adventure, inspiration, and culture! Representation matters, these books are written by and tell stories of diverse families and communities!
Thank you all who donated books, proceeds and added our campaign to their kickstarter:
Veo Leo, Con Todo Press, Cielito Lindo Books, Mil Libro Hispano, Lala the Lizard, Alegria Magazine, Leticia Ordaz, Maritere R. Bella, Natalia Sylvester, Lizzy Rodriguez, Hola Amigo Box, 123 Con Andres, Pao B Sur, Kids Books & Play, Las Gafas de Mis Emociones, Andre Olatunji, Amplifying Voices for Youth, Aida Writes, Paletero Man, Maira Hernandez, Booklandiabox, De Lalma Publications, Yuyi Morales, Makara Center
Learning Kit Contest! How can you win a bike or a scooter??
Concurso! ¿Cómo puedo ganar una bicicleta o un scooter?
Pasos para entrar al concurso:
Puedo usar cualquiera de los elementos de esta mochila para crear lo que quiera.
Debo tomar una foto o hacer un video de lo que hice y enviarlo a mi maestro o a la Sra. Duran en veduran@mcfarland.k12.ca.us. Puedo enviar hasta 3 fotos o proyectos.
Tengo que enviar mis fotos / videos antes del viernes 4 de diciembre.
Steps To Enter The Contest:
I can use any of the items in this backpack to create anything I want.
I must take a picture or make a video of what I made and submit it to my teacher or
to Ms. Duran at veduran@mcfarland.k12.ca.us. I can send up to 3 pictures or projects.
I have to submit my pictures/videos by Friday, December 4th.
Algunos ejemplos para ayudarlo a comenzar. También puedes usar cualquier cosa que encuentres en casa.
Some examples to help you get started. You can also use anything you find at home.
Winners will be announced by Dec 14, 2020
Los ganadores serán anunciados antes del 14 de diciembre de 2020.
* Se seleccionarán 8 estudiantes
Los premios se enviarán por correo a cada ganador.
*8 students will be selected
Prizes will be mailed to each winner
Contest Disclaimer Form / Concurso Descargo de responsabilidad
We Tested out the Science Projects too!
Kids Mindfulness Worksheets & Yoga Practice
Sandy Zanella (@MyMindfulMomLife) has shared mindful lesson plans and yoga videos with us, check them out below!
Thank you to ALL of our DONORS!
Mercadito Monaraca raised $730!
The raffle they hosted helped us add winter gloves, beanies and a face masks to our kits! Show them some love and appreciation for keeping our cultura alive. Visit in-person or online.
Raffle hosted by: @mercaditomonarca
Art work donated by: @arte_de_gustavo__
Sugar skull kits donated by: @kalaveritas_y_mas
The Peoples Coalition Hosted a Supply Drive!
We were able to connect with the POWERFUL Coaltion made up of @thepeoplescoalition_ @ocprotests @714mutualaid @occommunityfridge @uci4cola @mobilizethepeople 🙌🏽
They provide mutual aid and collective care to our communities! They hosted a school supply drive and the response was amazing!! We received so much support and it really helped us reach our goal!!
MISfitted.co
✨Misfitted DID IT! ✨ They pledged and raised enough to create 2,750 custom pencils just for you!
Thanks to everyone that shopped with intention, a portion of their proceeds went to fundraise to create theses pencils with a special message!
Resources:
Healing trauma through hip hop for youth
Gabriel Gutierrez, founder of Mo Fundamentals is an adult adoptee who continuously is healing trauma through hip hop. He creates artistic spaces for foster and adopted youth to grieve, process, heal and speak about their truth in foster care.…. check out his video!
We encourage teachers that want to set up dance classes or students want one on one training to reach out to him to collaborate!