Hannah Neil 
World of Children Awards

 
The World of Children, Inc. has partnered with Leaders Today, an international organization dedicated to helping young people realize their fullest potential through leadership, education, community service and development. The Toronto, Canada-based organization is an outgrowth of Kids Can Free the Children, founded by Craig Kielburger. Craig is the 2002 recipient of the World of Children Founder’s Award, a scholarship given annually to a young person making a difference in the lives of other young people. Craig is also a 2002 and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize nominee.

Using interactive, inspiring and innovative curriculum developed by outstanding young leaders, members of Leaders Today motivate and educate thousands of young people around the world each year.

Approximately six weeks before the 2003 World of Children Kids’ Town Hall Meeting, Craig Kielburger and his team from Toronto will visit Columbus to provide training to students from the 12 local elementary schools that are participating in the Kids’ Town Hall Meeting and studying one of the seven World of Children Award honorees.

The purpose of the three-hour workshops is to familiarize the students with service based learning concepts as well as develop their leadership qualities and skills — and have fun in the process. Topics of the customized workshops include:

† Issue Awareness
† Team Building
† Public Speaking
† Facilitating Meetings
† How to Raise Public Awareness
† How to Raise Funds
† How to start a service project

The workshops will be hands-on and highly interactive between the children and the Leaders Today team. Input on the programming will come from the teachers and administrators of the participating elementary schools.

We anticipate the workshops will lead to some type of service project by the schools that will connect them to the award honoree they have been studying. The training they receive in the workshops will provide them the skills necessary to move forward with a service project in advance of meeting their honorees face-to-face.


Benefits of the 2003 Leadership Training Program
1. Elementary school children will have the unique opportunity to combine their studies of the World of Children honorees (modern-day heroes and role models) with the knowledge and skills they acquire from the workshops, leading to service-oriented projects for either the honorees and/or their local communities.

2. Children will have the opportunity to learn a number of important skill sets from other young people who have been trained specifically to help as facilitators in these customized workshops.

3. The workshops will be tailored to meet the backgrounds and learning needs of each participating school and student, providing relevant and important learning experiences.

4. The participating schools will have the opportunity to learn from each other through team-building dynamics built into the workshop, underscoring the importance of working together as a community with a common goal.

Sponsorship Opportunities
The World of Children Kids’ Town Hall meeting provides a unique sponsorship opportunity for one company or a group of synergistic and noncompetitive companies. We are happy and willing to talk to companies of any nature or size.

Sponsorship Models
World of Children is open to evaluating a variety of partnership models.

Any company interested in stepping forward at an early date would enjoy the advantage of working with The World of Children to design a sponsorship program customized to maximize its exposure and meet its specific needs. A right of first refusal for the second year would be a major consideration.

Contact
To find out more about sponsorships, call David Lippy, president of World of Children, at (614) 939-1533.

Thank you for your interest.