Are you ready for Back to School? #sponsored #tools4BTS

*Disclosure - I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating. 

Did you know that each year 1 million kids fail to graduate High School? As part of being a part of the Boys and Girls Club School Abassador Program I am super excited to share with you a great opportunity to GIVE back, and it couldn't get easier than this. Disney has teamed up with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to help support kids, and making sure they're ready for "back to school". All you need to do to participate is play a fun and quick (2 minute) trivia pop-quiz style trivia game, and with each correct five answers, school supplies will be donated to children in need. How cool is that? We would love for you to get involved, and play the

Supply Drive Game.

The Boys and Girls Club provides - A safe place to learn and grow, ongoing relationships with professional caring adults, Life-enhancing programs and character development experiences, hope and opportunity. Personally, I would love to be involved with a club like that. The BGCA website also offers great resources for this "back to school" season that we're in. You can visit their website for tips on things like - how to help children set goals, homework hints for parents, middle and high school success, and many many more. 

CLICK HERE to get started now!

Did you have any positive experiences with or at the Boys and Girls Club? I would love to hear about it. How are you getting your kids ready for back to school?

I'd love to share a few resources that I have collected - hopefully they will be able to help you! These are 5 great ideas for "Back to school organization".  It's a mini "Back to School Round-up!" Enjoy :)

Here are a few great ideas for back to school organization. Click below for the breakdown and links to the original source.

1. After School Routine - FREE Printable

2. Homework Station

3. Children's Homework Message Center 

4. Organized Lunch Drawer

5. Ready to Read Corner

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you found some of these ideas useful. If you haven't yet, please be sure to participate in the Supply Drive game. BGCA and Disney thank you, and I do too. Have a wonderful day!

If you'd like to share this great opportunity, feel free to "retweet" 

OR share this post through facebook. 

You can also visit BGCA's facebook page HERE. 

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*Disclosure - I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Boys & Girls Clubs of America. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating. 

I have exciting news to share with you all. I have been chosen to be a Boys & Girls Club (BGCA) Back-to-School-Ambassador. Why is this exciting news? Well, for a few years of my life I worked as a director at a before/after school program for elementary aged kids. They have a special place in my heart. This age is SO fun to hangout with, and I loved working with them, kids are SO fun, aren't they?! The Boys and Girls Club, specifically, has so many great opportunities for kids of all ages, and from all different walks of life.

Now, looking back, I realize how important before and after-school programs are to children. I watched some of these kids struggle, because they weren’t prepared for school. This really tugs at my heart; it is such a shame, because most kids this age, are eager and ready to learn about the world around them.  I am so excited to share this great opportunity with all of you! There is a way YOU AND I can help these children, who may be struggling with things at home that we have no idea about. Help the kids in your neighborhood, by making their ‘back to school’ experience worry free. BGCA has partnered with jcpenney for the ’jcpenneycares round up campaign’. This is such an awesome campaign; when shopping at JCP in the month of July, you will have the chance to round-up your purchase to the nearest whole dollar to help make a difference by supporting after-school programs at Boys and Girls Clubs across the country. And guess what? 100% of the donations raised will go towards BGCA! How cool is that? Funds raised at checkout will go toward supporting BGCA’s More Members More Often initiative. The initiative focuses on attracting more your people to join the Club, motivating existing members to increase their participation and retaining youth as members over longer periods of time.

Helping children start their school year off on the right foot!

So please, I am asking you now to do your part to help. This is such an easy opportunity, how could you pass it up? Most likely you will already be shopping for back to school items for your kids anyway, why not check out JCP – and “round up”!

For more information about the ‘jcpenney cares round up campaign’ go to www.greatfutures.org/backtoschool

Feel free to check out their facebook's below:
BGCA or JcPenney

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OR simply "retweet" this on twitter to help spread the word!

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— OrchardGirls (@Orchard_Girls) July 26, 2013

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Thank you so much for doing YOUR part to help,