Karl's Kids Program, Inc.

October 2007, a new website is opened for the Program. www.karlskidsprogram.info is the Program Website for the Corporation Side of Karl's Kids Program, Inc. This website is to explain about the Program as a whole and to go into details about the numerous Program Projects and Activities. By placing informational updates on this website, Karl's Kids makes corporation information easily accessible for interested parties. Throughout the website and in articles about the Program, Karl's Kids may at times also be referred to as Karl’s Kids Program, Karl’s Kids, the Program, and KsKs . The site is available to be read by guests.

WHO WE ARE

Karl's Kids Program, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity working with children on many topics ranging from safety issues to hobbies to enjoy with their family. The Program makes use of a child's love of animals especially dogs to educate and to entertain the children. While our main focus in the Program is on the children, the Program also works in the Community on activities that encourage the education of individuals on the care and training of the family pet. We work with other groups to foster and make available for adoption suitable animals for a family pet. We believe that by helping pets, even those not going into a family with children, we are still staying with our original goal of protecting a child's safety by assisting owners of any pet being introduced into a community. The Program makes use of various means to accomplish the goals of our projects and activities. We have web sites and forums, prepare training materials, talk to groups of children and adults, set up information booths, and disburse handouts. Our volunteers are active in many groups and are encouraged to participate in other charitable organizational activities and help on a local scale in their community. Karl's Kids Program does not get involved in controversial situations and never promotes any one religious or political party view. We encourage a pride of country and of the family unit.

The Karl's Kids Program, Inc. organization does not advocate, support, or practice unlawful discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Karl's Kids Program, Inc. is to educate children on safety topics; to assist a child in having a good quality of life; and to promote family and community values through various means including but not limited to the natural bond between a child and an animal, primarily that of the dog.

OUR VISION

Our Vision is to educate children, their families, and the communities in which they live on safety issues in an entertaining and age appropriate manner. We will accomplish this task through our various websites and forums, by giving workshops and holding scheduled classes within the community, and by assisting other organizations by forming community partnerships.

We will assist children, their families, and their communities, before, during, and after emergency situations to the best of our ability and in keeping within the guidance of our Corporation Articles, By-Laws, and Policies. We will continue to encourage our staff and volunteers to educate themselves through coursework and hands-on experience so they may be better prepared to work in their own communities if the need would arise.

We will continue to promote a safe and humane bond between children and their pets and other animals they have contact with. This will be accomplished by continuing our animal activities for children. Our staff and volunteers will have more than a basic knowledge in the area in which they participate. We will continue to draw from individuals who have a knowledge and experience through coursework or in the field training. These individuals will be encouraged to continue their involvement in their communities and outreach programs in the different project and activity areas.

Advocate for working dogs in the community

THE PURPOSE OF KARL'S KIDS PROGRAM

From our Modified Articles (2008) The purpose for which this corporation is organized is:

1. The organization is organized exclusively for charitable and/or educational purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
2. To promote through education of children a better understanding of basic safety rules and regulations including but not limited to fire, traffic, household hazards, and personal safety topics.
3. To promote through education of children a better understanding of the care and handling of companion and working animals, primarily canines.
4. To promote through education of the community by various methods including but not limited to workshops, websites, forums, and newsletters, ways in which the community can assist in the care of a child's basic needs.
5. To work in the community through projects and activities to assist in supplying materials to help in the care of a child's basic needs including but not limited to food, clothing, comfort items, and educational supplies.
6. To provide through a scholarship program for the assistance of a post-secondary education for the promoting of our program ideas and goals. The amounts, numbers of scholarships, and requirements are to be determined by a Program Scholarship Committee to be appointed by the President of the Karl’s Kids Program.
7. To oversee the formation of different subprograms (which will be known as Projects) and activities under the umbrella of Karl’s Kids Program, Inc. all in keeping with the purpose of the program.
8. To help support with financial aid and volunteers as available other 501(c)(3)s that deal with children, companion animal, or working animal issues.
9. To help support with financial aid and volunteers as available state registered nonprofits which promote this organization's goals and purposes.
10. To assist in the giving of financial aid and volunteers as available to any state accredited school (daycare, elementary, middle, or high school) for their programs, clubs, or projects that are in keeping with the purposes of this organization.
11. To promote through education of the community, primarily children a better understanding of ways canines enrich the lives of the community and those individuals who use them as Assistance, Emotional Support, Therapy, Trained Companion, Law Enforcement, Military, Search and Rescue, Fire Rescue, and Fire Department Dogs.
12. To promote through education and community outreach programs, a better quality of life for companion and working animals, chiefly canines, and their owners and others who come into contact with these animals.
13. To help support with financial aid and volunteers as available to other organizations to work toward furthering our goals of strengthening the bonds between humans and companion and working animals, primarily canines.
14. To help support with financial aid and volunteers as available other organizations to work toward furthering our goals of assisting in the care and rehabilitation of children with a disability or disorder that seriously interferes with what is commonly known as a good quality of life. These include but are not limited to physical, emotional, and psychiatric disabilities or disorders.
15. To sponsor and work with Assistance, Emotional Support, and Trained Companion Dogs which may include the breeding, raising, and training of canines to be used by members of the community, primarily children.
16. To sponsor and work with Therapy Dogs which may include the breeding, raising, and training of canines to be used in the community, primarily children.
17. To provide financial assistance for the purchase, training, sterilization, and vaccination of the companion animals of those children who show a need, brought on by a life trauma, for an Emotional Support Canine.