Community Perks

Posted by Gabe on June 15, 2010 under Kids are Heroes | Be the First to Comment

On a day when one of our heroes got the biggest perk ever as a result of being involved with Kids Are Heroes, I felt it appropriate to talk about the benefits available to our heroes once they join our community.  Today young Ricky Springer makes his debut at the E3 Gaming Expo in Los Angeles, CA.  He is demonstrating one of our sponsors’ latest technologies at this huge gaming event.   His charity is also enjoying the $1000 donation derived from this effort.  Read more about how this opportunity arose by clicking this link.

At Kids Are Heroes we are always looking for opportunities that may further our cause along with those of our heroes.  Here are a few of the “treasures” that come along with being listed on our website:

Kids Are Heroes Day
Our local mall in Frederick, Maryland hosts the Kids Are Heroes Day each October which involves all of our heroes as they are provided a platform to discuss their charities and raise money.   This is a great day of celebration as we bring all the heroes together and recognize them for the hard work they do for others.

Fountain Coin Donation
Each month the same mall donates its fountain coins to one of our heroes’ charities. (Locals only.)

Television Exposure
Our friend Nikki Burdine from our local NBC affiliate has created a monthly feature involving one of our heroes.  Last month Casey Landahl was the subject and Nikki was so enamored with her that she gave her an additional spot. (Locals only.)

Charity Choice Gift Cards
In partnership with charitychoice.org we provide gift cards that support the charities of the heroes that wish to participate.

Social Media Assistance
We have been working in social media for quite some time now and we do it on a daily basis.  We are eager to share our experiences with Twitter and Facebook to help our heroes gain awareness.

Social Media Promotion
Currently we enjoy over 20,000 Facebook fans and Twitter followers.  We are more than willing to share our heroes’ stories with all of them on a regular basis.  In addition, we put our heroes who are involved with Twitter on a list that we encourage others to follow.

Nonprofit Establishment
We recently went through the process of making Kids Are Heroes a nonprofit organization.  This is our second time in doing this and we are happy to share our experiences and assistance in this matter wherever appropriate.

Featured Hero
We have a regular spot on our blog for what we call our “Featured Hero”.  We interview the older kids to give them yet another platform to raise awareness for what they are doing.

Suffice it to say that we are always looking for new opportunities for heroes.  We also recognize that by doing things together we encourage each other and validate each other’s efforts.