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Double your gift today — All Gifts Matched — $25k Challenge — Now to Dec. 31!
“Kidpower is a tapestry of commitment woven of many different threads by many different hands!” ~ Founder, Irene van der Zande
Wishing you joy, health, and safety in this new decade.
Happy New Year’s Eve! As 2019 draws to a close, I want to celebrate the “Tapestry of Commitment” of thousands of people just like you who have given their donations, time, ideas, connections, spaces, and homes for over 30 years to make Kidpower into the powerful force for safety that we have become today!
Will you help us to continue planting seeds of safety? As you’ll see below, we have received $22,736 in donations that put us in reach of our $25,000 matching fund campaign, where every dollar you donate is doubled.
Whether you have taken advantage of our free resources, trainings, workshops or consulting, each skill you learn and teach others, each idea you use and share, helps to grow our Tapestry for the safety and well-being of everyone, everywhere.
THANK YOU! We deeply appreciate that you care about helping us share safety skills worldwide — and it gives me joy to know that Kidpower has made, and is making, such an important difference in the lives of many people. Your generous donation shows your support and understanding that in order for Kidpower to continue our important efforts, we need the philanthropic help of people just like you.
If you have already donated, we deeply appreciate your support. THANK YOU!
There is still time to have your donations DOUBLED!
Please know your gifts in any amount helps us bring skills for safety, healthy relationships, and freedom from the misery of bullying and abuse to people in need.
Help us fill a $25,000 Matching Gift Opportunity!
Remember: Every dollar does wonders!
** Your donation will be DOUBLED Now – Dec. 31st by a matching gift from a longtime supporter! **
Published: December 31, 2019 | Last Updated: December 31, 2019
Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director
Kidpower Founder and Executive Irene van der Zande is a master at teaching safety through stories and practices and at inspiring others to do the same. Her child protection and personal safety expertise has been featured by USA Today, CNN, Today Moms, the LA Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Publications include: cartoon-illustrated Kidpower Safety Comics and Kidpower Teaching Books curriculum; Bullying: What Adults Need to Know and Do to Keep Kids Safe; the Relationship Safety Skills Handbook for Teens and Adults; Earliest Teachable Moment: Personal Safety for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers; The Kidpower Book for Caring Adults: Personal Safety, Self-Protection, Confidence, and Advocacy for Young People, and the Amazon Best Seller Doing Right by Our Kids: Protecting Child Safety at All Levels.