CREATE A KID'S COUNSEL By: Jenny, 11, VA (aka
Sharpaymissy)

Sometimes, it seems like everyone just rushes to you
for help. If they have a problem with school, with
their friends, whatever, it all goes to you. Some
days the stress just gets too much and you feel like
you've been helping way too much. And it's not hard
to stop that. All you need to do is Create Your Own
Kid's Counsel!
You will need:
- A cardboard (to make your sign, e.g. Kelly's
Help Center e.t.c)
- Markers (to design the poster)
- Lots of paper (you don't need glossy,
full color posters or anything, make your
advertisements with plain paper)
- Friends or family to help you with your job!
First, you have to know what sort of help you
want to offer. Maybe, you want to help kids your
age and teach them how to organize their time.
Or maybe you want to help kids face bullies at
school. Once you've got this together, go to a
website about all this stuff and look up how you
can help kids solve the problems.
Once you've got that together, you have to know
where you're gonna do all this. You could ask a
teacher at school if you could use one of the
rooms to create a club. Most likely, they'll be
really encouraged by your plan and they'd help
you out!
Then comes the hard part: making your poster.
You want to make something that will make kids
want to visit you and feel home-y, not shy when
they come to you. Get together a collection of
paints, crayons and markers to draw it. Glitter
can really spice your sign up!
Lastly: Collect your co-workers. Maybe ask a few
friends if they'd have the time to spare to help
kids work out problems like that. Or ask a few
family members (like your mom or sister or
brothers) to also help you out.
Then...you've made your own Kid's Counsel and
you're ready to be totally published! Put your
posters up on lampposts and outside your house
and hand out flyers at school to all your
friends and classmates!
It's really cool once you've started because
instead of just lounging around doing nothing,
you can really help people! |