Child Safety

No door-to-door selling required

The safety of students conducting door-to-door sales of goods for fundraising has been a concern for many years, and some states have strict legislation in place to ensure their safety. In most cases, this involves the accompaniment of the child during all door-to-door selling by an adult who is a parent, guardian or approved supervisor.

The need to have this supervision often hampers the fundraising activity.

Greeting Cards prepared with KidDoodles require NO door-to-door selling by students.

A Healthy Choice

Boosting Self-esteem

Creating artwork is an essential part of a child’s development, which is why schools include art as a part of their curriculum. Art is especially important for childhood development at prep and primary school level.

Art is a simple activity that children can actively participate in. Children gain ownership of the activity along with feelings of accomplishment on presenting the final piece of artwork to their teachers, parents, family and friends. The appreciation of others is important in your child’s development, so creating and sharing art is a simple way to boost self-esteem by making your child feel special and appreciated.

Greeting Cards that the children have created are a perfect way to show others what they are capable of. The feeling of ownership that the child gets from creating the card will give your child a significant boost to their self-esteem, as will the positive feedback from the people that the cards are given to!

Health and Wellbeing

Obesity is a significant problem in many other countries, and is fast becoming a health issue in Australia. Local and Federal government in Australia are so concerned with the projected increases in childhood obesity that they have started actively promoting healthy choices for children.

School fundraising activities that promote the sale and consumption of chocolates and other unhealthy products send a message to children that eating foods that are bad for them is a reward, and sets up bad food eating habits that may carry through into adulthood.

Making Greeting Cards is a healthy alternative to more traditional ‘red or amber category’ food-based fundraisers (see “Smart Choices " Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy for Queensland Schools).

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