Huskies doing good deeds for people in our community!
Partnership with Operation Be Kind
HCE PTO is proud to partner with Operation Be Kind (OBK) to support several OC-based charities. We support OBK's events throughout the year with donations and volunteer support - watch for ways to get involved here!
OCTOBER EVENT: OBK's Trunk Or Treat - benefiting ICEC and children with needs.
2 great options to support this event!
1) Donate candy/treats/snacks for the event (bring your items to HCE's front office by October 19th).
Get all of the details here!
2) Host a car at the event's Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, October 24th (9 AM - Noon)
Get the info here! OBK Trunk or Treat Volunteer.jpg Please note: this is NOT an event for HCE students to trick-or-treat. We are volunteering for ICEC's event for children with special needs!
TEAM KIDS RETURNS THIS FALL!
Click here for the wrap-up video from last year!
What is Team Kids?
Team Kids is a national school-based, student-led youth leadership program bringing together students with on-duty police officers, firefighters, mentors, and Team Kids local university intern volunteers.
Who is involved?
4th and 5th grade students who wish to participate on the leadership team meet weekly (during their school lunch) to plan the weekly school-wide challenges and to vote on the local charity they want to support with the finale carnival. They then promote the weekly challenges to support 3 local charities - one each week. All of the school is encouraged to support the challenges - bringing in donations as described.
What is the Carnival?
On the last week of the program, Team Kids hosts a carnival during lunch period (on December 4th). The 4th & 5th graders on the Team Kids leadership team host booths with homemade games - and students from 1st grade and up* join to play during their lunch period! The proceeds benefit a local charity of the leadership team's choosing. Check out photos from last year's event!
About the Carnival:
- EVERY student (grades 1-5) receives 5 free tickets to play games. You do NOT need to purchase tickets to have your student participate.
- Students can purchase additional tickets for 25 cents each... or 5 for $1.00.
- The recommend ticket purchases are:
- 1-2nd grade: max of $2
- 3-5th grade: max of $5.
- We do NOT recommend purchasing more than the max... students will only have so much time to visit the booths during lunch - this is plenty of tickets. :) We promise that every student will have tickets.. it's not necessary to send extra funds to purchase for friends.
*How come TK and Kinder don't attend the carnival? While we have tried this in the past, there are both logistical and other reasons it doesn't work out. Team Kids and HCE TK and Kinder teachers have all agreed that it's best to host with 1st grade and up. :)
