United for Kids

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

A Moment like this, some people wait a life time. Don't miss it!

Dear Friends,

Please join us as we happily light up in the hearts and eyes of 2,000 children on Saturday September 20th and from Tuesday September 23rd to Thursday September 25th 2008.

- We will begin at the Ikeja General Hospital Children’s wards (Oba Akinjobi Way, GRA Ikeja, Lagos) on Saturday at 9am with our monthly hospital outreach program. Please come and help us distribute groceries, supplies, hugs and smiles to the children on admission there.
- At 11am on the same day, we will kick off our first annual “UKF – BACK TO SCHOOL” program at the Bab Es Salaam orphanage (14/16 Joel Ogunnaike St, GRA Ikeja). Each child in ECCD and Primary school will receive a school bag, notebooks, pencils, crayons, pens, erasers and rulers. Each child in primary 6 will also receive a mathematical set.
- On Tuesday, we will continue our BACK TO SCHOOL program at Adebule Primary School (1 Olufeko close, Fola Agoro Shomolu Lagos) and the FOMWAN School (17 Abati Street, Akowonjo Alimosho Lagos) at 10:30am.
- On Wednesday, we will move to Wesley and Wright primary schools (12/14 Emmanuel Street, off Palm grove bus stop, Shomolu, Lagos) at 10:30am.
- Our final stop for this year’s “UKF - BACK TO SCHOOL” program will be at the Children’s Transit Home (11/13 Ojerinde Street, behind LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos) at 10:30am.

We will like to thank the trustees and staff who have worked tirelessly to make this a reality, and a huge thank you to KPMG Professional services for allowing their employees to participate in the distribution activities…..and to you too, for making this happen through your donations (this program is costing us N1.5million Naira). Its not too late to sign up to join these activities, we know that the moment each child opens their gift will be like a dream come true, a moment many economically disadvantaged children will only dream about.

On a final note, we have exhausted all our funds with the huge projects we have undertaken this year, but we still have a lot more to do: our monthly visits to the hospital, our Xmas and Eid-Kabir parties for the orphanages are still coming up, so please help us by sending in your donations and also spreading the word about our foundation.

Thank you very much and God bless you all!