The Many Ways You Can Help Us Get Kids Outside, Active, and Learning

Help more kids to move, learn, and explore outdoors!

WinterKids is the only nonprofit in Maine dedicated exclusively to increasing outdoor physical activity in children and families in the winter—our longest, most sedentary season. Thank you for your support!

Shop for WinterKids Gear:

Elementary Edition: WinterKids Guide to Active Outdoor Learning (GOAL)

$50.00

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ONLINE Training + Preschool Edition: WinterKids Guide to Outdoor Active Learning (GOAL)

Suggested price: $25.00

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D24 Vintage Style Poster 2019

$20.00

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WinterKids Backpack (Multi-Color)

$40.00

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Other Ways to Give & Get Involved

Make a Gift of Stock

Make a gift to WinterKids through a gift of stock. We will need the following following information:

Name of donor(s)
Number of shares and name of security
Name of the brokerage firm and contact person at the firm
Intended date of the gift

LET US KNOW A GIFT OF STOCK IS ON ITS WAY

Participate in Employer Matched Giving

Many employers offer a Matching Gift Program to enhance their employees’ charitable giving efforts. Some of these programs extend to retirees and spouses as well. Check with your employer today to see if they have a Matching Gift Program.

LET US KNOW A MATCHING GIFT IS ON ITS WAY

Make a Tribute Gift

Personalize your gift by making it in memory of or in honor of someone special to you.

HONOR SOMEONE SPECIAL TODAY

Shop for WinterKids with Amazon Smile

Support WinterKids at no cost to you with Amazon Smile! Just go to smile.amazon.com, search for WinterKids Education Foundation, select us as your charitable organization, and shop! The Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5% of your purchase price to WinterKids, and it doesn’t cost you a CENT!

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Recycle for WinterKids With Clynk

Request Clynk bags and stickers, and we will mail them to you free of charge! Just place our sticker on each bag you fill with returnable bottles and cans and drop them to your local Hannaford store.

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It's an amazing program that you run, and we are proud to be associated with it. THANK YOU for the incredible honor!

Johnny Boudreau

I had such great opportunities growing up to ski and snowboard in the Maine mountains, so I am glad to give back by reaching out to kids and encouraging them to get outside and participate in healthy winter sports. WinterKids creates those opportunities for kids.

Seth Wescott

Two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross / Winterstick

WinterKids provides an opportunity to directly impact kids so they develop a love for the outdoors and learn how to make good choices about food and lifestyle. That excites me!

Derrick Hill

WinterKids Board President / Oldcastle Materials, Inc.

Being a parent and a WinterKids volunteer is a wonderful way to give back, but it also brings it full circle for me. My employer supports WinterKids and encourages my participation which makes it so easy to volunteer! Oh, and don't forget the WinterKids staff, they have FUN written all over them!

Erin Embrey

WinterKids Volunteer / TD Bank

WinterKids provides such an invaluable opportunity. I am forever grateful for their work ensuring that so many Maine kids have a chance to stay active and healthy through the winter.

Ethan Strimling

Mayor / Portland, Maine

WinterKids passport helped me to start skiing, which is an activity I still love to do today, and I hope the Passport still continues to help kids like me in Maine do what they love!

Sabie Lindsay

WinterKid Alumni

Being a Passport holder gave me access to a whole world of winter activities I didn’t know were possible.

Bailey Sullivan

WinterKid Alumni

MOBILE, KID-CENTERED, TEACHER-APPROVED, RESULTS-DRIVEN, AND AWARD-WINNING

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Students, Teachers, and Families Impacted in Maine & New Hampshire since 2010!

WinterKids is the only nonprofit in Maine dedicated exclusively to increasing outdoor physical activity in children and families during our longest, most sedentary season.

The shorter, darker, and colder days of winter and the increasing allure of screen time make it all too easy for kids and families to “hibernate.” At WinterKids, we make it our business to provide kids, parents, and teachers with the right option: to get outside, get active, and have fun in the winter – and year-round.

Outdoor kids are active kids. Active kids are healthy kids. Healthy kids are happy kids. Happy kids are “winter kids.”

SEASON WRAP UP

FY2021

With outside being the safest and best place to be, WinterKids has truly thrived during the pandemic! We were able to reach nearly 27,000 kids, teachers and families in Maine and New Hampshire with creative adaptations for safe, outdoor adventures. Check out our 2020/2021 Season Wrap Up Report!

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annual report

FY2020

We are so thankful for our WinterKids Family – sponsors, foundations, teams, friends, volunteers, board and staff – and most important, the KIDS we serve. 2020 was a fantastic year for our organization, reaching over 35,000 (!) kids, family members, and teachers with innovative, outdoor education programs.

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