Challenges for KDZ
    Challenge hours are estimated times to complete – most are eligible as community service hours. Click on the challenge title for details
Challenge Title: Select KDZ Partner:
  •  Road Side Challenge 07H 00M kidshelpingkids

     THE CHALLENGE: Most kids would like to start their own business someday but have no idea how to go about it.  There aren't classes they can take or tools they can use.

    THE ACTIVITY: To research and learn how to run your own road side challenge such as lemonade stand, bake sale or yard sale.

    THE ACHIEVEMENT: Teaching kids all about running their very own business - all on their own!
  •  Education - Pen a Pal 06H 15M kidshelpingkids

     THE CHALLENGE: With technology at your fingertips most kids do not sit down to write an old fashioned  snail mail  letter.  Receiving mail in your mailbox is exciting and fun.

    THE ACTIVITY: Write a letter to a child in Ghana, West Africa.  On the outside of the letter be sure to include your first name, age and gender so that you can be matched with a new  pal.

    THE ACHIEVEMENT:  Touch a life, be a friend, make a difference.
  •  Wellness - What hot about potatoes 01H 30M BGC Venice

    THE CHALLENGE: Kids between the ages of 6 and 11 have the HIGEST risk of obesity.  The CDC says the figure has grown to 19.6%!

    THE ACTIVITY: Through art and a collaborative game, learn how to eat right

    THE ACHIEVEMENT:  Understand more about the importance of a balanced diet
  •  Wellness - Are you RELAY what you eat 01H 30M BGC Venice

    THE CHALLENGE: Obesity has more than doubled in the last 25 years, with aproximately 30% of adolescents today, overweight.

    THE ACTIVITY: Through art and a relay race, learn how to eat right

    THE ACHIEVEMENT:  Understand more about the importance of a balanced diet
  •  Wellness - A twist on nutrition 01H 30M BGC Venice

    THE CHALLENGE: Fewer than 15% of elementary school kids eat the recommended 5 or more servings of fruit & vegetables every day.

    THE ACTIVITY: Through art and the game of Twister you can learn how to eat right

    THE ACHIEVEMENT:  Learn about food groups
  •  Wellness - Be A Food Ad Reviewer 00H 45M BGC Venice

    THE CHALLENGE: The advertising of "junk food" to kids is being blamed for our obesity epidemic in the United States.

    THE ACTIVITY:  Educate yourself on different food ads

    THE ACHIEVEMENT: Learn about the effects that advertising can have on your food choices.
  •   Wellness - Be A Food Ad Reviewer 01H 45M BGC Venice

    THE CHALLENGE: According to the CDC, 18% of teens (12-to19) are obese.  How much do food ads influence what you eat? 

    THE ACTIVITY:  Dissect food ads and make one of your own.

    THE ACHIEVEMENT: Learn about the effects that advertising can have on your food choices.
  •   Wellness - Hip Hop To Health 02H 30M BGC Venice

    THE CHALLENGE: An average kid (say 11-years old) sees 4,7000 food ads a year -- and that's just on TV!  Is the advertising of "junk food" linked to childhood obesity?

    THE ACTIVITY:  Design your own ad for your favorite food product without using colorful characters.

    THE ACHIEVEMENT: Learn about the effects that advertising can have on your food choices.
  •   Wellness - Read It Before You Eat It 02H 45M BGC Venice
    THE CHALLENGE: Scientists are saying Generation Z (kids today) will be the first NOT to outlive their parents.
     
    THE ACTIVITY: Collect empty boxes of cereal to bind a community cookbook.
     
    THE ACHIEVEMENT:  Learn how to read food labels and make better dietary choices
  •  Wellness - Update nutritional labels 02H 30M BGC Venice

    THE CHALLENGE: Only 32% of adults know how to read nutrition labels, so how are kids supposed to know how to eat healthy foods?  

    THE ACTIVITY: Collect empty boxes of cereal to bind a community cookbook. 

    THE ACHIEVEMENT:  Learn how to read food labels and make better dietary choices.