Kellett Cares has chosen 4 charities to support for the 2007-2008 academic year.

Children’s Surgical Centre (Cambodia)
We have been supporting this charity for a number of years now.  CSC was established in 1998 by international health professionals who understand the need for rehabilitation in developing countries. CSC works to improve the quality of life for millions of poor and disabled people by providing free rehabilitation surgery. The surgeries these doctors perform include orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery, eye surgery, and facio-maxillary surgery, as well as rehabilitation for landmine victims. Each surgery costs approximately US$100. For more information visit their website at www.csc.org.

International Care Ministries
New to Kellett Cares this year, ICM works with the poorest of the poor in the slums of the Philippines.  It runs feeding, medical and livelihood skill training programmes; has established numerous pre-schools, a TB recovery shelter and an orphanage. The money Kellett Cares raises will be used to provide rice for several feeding programmes. We will also be collecting black school shoes and rucksacks during the year to enable children in these slums to attend school. For more information visit their website at www.caremin.com.

Half the Sky
Also new this year, this charity works in orphanages in China.  It provides training for nannies to look after the children and provides art and other supplies to enrich the experiences of the children in these homes.  The money Kellett Cares raises will be used to buy art supplies. For more information visit their website at www.halfthesky.org.

Crossroads International
We are continuing our support of Crossroads International www.crossroads.org.hk this year but in a different way. Crossroads is a registered non-profit corporation which takes Hong Kong’s superseded goods and redistributes them to people in need both locally and internationally. This year we are collecting bikes for Crossroads which can be used by adults to get to school or work and the children’s bikes we collect will go to nursery and other schools as play equipment. We are also collecting Wellcome stickers to get free pots and pans to give to Crossroads to distribute.

Kellett Cares Calendar 2007-08
September:
Collection of used uniform, black shoes, football boots, backpacks and airline amenity kits benefited Crossroads and International Care Ministries.
October:
Presentation from all four supported charities at school assemblies.
25 bikes were collected at Saturday Soccer for Crossroads.
November:
Pizza sale organised by P4 children raised $4,252.
December:
Holiday season fundraising:

• Reception children drew self-portraits that were made into tea towels and rucksacks: profit $13,780.
• P5 designed beautiful Christmas cards: profit $1,630
• P6 made lovely Christmas wrapping paper: profit $2,202
• Reindeer Candy Canes—a well-loved Kellett holiday tradition - raised $5,919
• Donations from Christmas concerts: $12,338
• A collection for St. James Settlement was a huge success with boxes brimming with canned goods, noodles, and other dried goods.

January
Old uniform, school shoes and football boots were collected for Crossroads and ICM.  Books were also collected for a charity run by a Kellett family to build libraries in China.
P3 held a pizza sale.
February:
Money was raised on Dress Chinese Day.
P1 organized a delicious bake sale during the Knight Fair raising $3,442.  
March
P4 held a pizza sale.
45 bikes and 1 sewing machine were collected from three drop-off points for Crossroads.
April
A trip will take place to Crossroads to learn about the work that they do and help tidy up the gardens around the site.
Ongoing projects: