KidWorks Blog
Palentine’s Day—the global holiday celebrating friendship—showed every one of our students in preschool through high school that they’ll always find a warm and welcoming place at KidWorks.
Timed around Valentine’s Day, KidWorks’ version of Palentine’s Day reinforced Jesus’ eternal love for them, along with emphasizing the value of social relationships, emotional well-being and just plain having fun with your pals.
For someone who once professed to “dread” running during her high school physical education classes, KidWorks alumni Fritzi Valladares has learned to fully embrace one of KidWorks life lessons: “Welcome new experiences.”
In February, Fritzi ran the 2023 Surf City Half Marathon in Huntington Beach. She’s currently training for the Orange County Half Marathon in May.
Every minute in our state-licensed preschool is a whirlwind of activity. After all, three through five year old boys and girls are hard at work recognizing colors and shapes, learning the letters of the alphabet, growing their vocabulary and much more.
In the midst of it all this activity is Dulce Flores, our hard-working March 2023 Volunteer of the Month.
Crystal is a Program Lead at our Townsend Street Center. She’s also enrolled in Santa Ana College, majoring in nursing. Karina Flores, Townsend Street Site Director, says Crystal is the perfect fit to be a program lead. “What makes Crystal such a great asset to our Townsend Street Center is that she’s a student alumnus along with growing up on Townsend Street her entire life.
I was the Office Manager for Hispanic Ministry Center and KidWorks starting in 2001, where KidWorks was one of the ministries it supported.
When KidWorks became its own non-profit, I continued to stay connected with the staff and volunteers at conferences. Ten years later I served as a volunteer running coach.
One of our most popular communications are our Volunteer of the Month stories. As we turn the page on 2022, your KidWorks team is delighted to recap—and celebrate once again--the 12 Volunteers of the Month recognized in 2022. For 2023, we’ll continue to highlight our wonderful volunteers, partners and supporters.
As KidWorks celebrates our 30th anniversary, hundreds of students who’ve attended our programs over three decades are now adults with meaningful and rewarding careers.
Clarisa Vargas—our January 2023 “Meet the Teacher” honoree—has already planted dozens of “college and career success” seeds for our next 30 years in the short 11 months since she joined our team.
