Paul’s Kids

Schools Get Involved with Paul’s Kids!

McKeesport Area High School in Pennsylvania is leading the charge for schools to raise funds for PK’s Save A Life program. Students there are working hard this school year to “Act Local – Think Global,” and PK is grateful to be part of their effort.

But this good work doesn’t have stop with high schools – anyone can help! Whether you have kids or grandkids who are in school, in a club like girl scouts/boy scouts, part of a sports team, church or community group—we welcome anyone to help raise funds for PK’s Save A Life program! Here are some fundraising ideas:

•     Host a spaghetti dinner
•     Recycle ink cartridges or cell phones
•     Children’s artwork on a stamp or postcard
•     School car wash
•     Sell PKakes or PKookies
•     Tag sale or school auction
•     Rubber Duck Derby
•     Pancake breakfast
•     Read-A-Thon/Walk-A-thon/Dance-A-Thon

If you or your group is doing something to help kids in Vietnam, please let us know—we’d be happy to help in any way we can!

You can also invite Paul Pinkerton to speak with your group in person. Paul would love to visit and share the story of Paul’s Kids. Contact us at Heather@paulskids.org with details.

More wheelchairs for Vietnam! (April 2008)

Thanks to Marlin King, a Vietnam veteran and good friend of Paul's, Paul's Kids is bringing wheelchairs to handicapped children, hospitals, and others in need of such equipment in Vietnam. Earlier this year, Marlin and his wife, Wanda, donated $25,000 to manufacture and distribute wheelchairs to people with disabilities in Vietnam.

They are currently with Paul and Sandy in Vietnam giving them out and helping those who need them most. Check out photos from their trip, here.

Thanks for a great year! (December 31, 2007)

Thanks to your generous sponsorship and support, Paul's Kids achieved many successes in 2007. This year, we helped children in Vietnam in a number of ways, including:

• Supplying salt to poor families in Quang Binh
• Building new physical therapy rooms at Go Vap and Bien Hoa orphanages
• Awarding 65 children Spanky Scholarships to continue their education
• Funding a new soccer field for Tho Thanh village
• Saving little Tran Anh Thang by sponsoring his  life-saving surgery

To read about these projects and more, visit our Past Projects page. Happy New Year to everyone and here's to another great year in 2008!

Thanks to Blank Rome for helping Paul's Kids beome a non-profit!

Thanks to the meticulous work of Blank Rome LLP and the strong processes Paul's Kids uses to ensure appropriate stewardship of all donated funds, our 501(c)3 application was processed and approved by the IRS in record time!

A special thank you to Kevin and Cory from Blank Rome!

A Special Thank You to Cathy Tyska! (September 2007)

Click here to check out how Cathy Tyska, a very special Paul's Kids sponsor, is making a difference in the lives of Vietnamese children.  From all of us at Paul's Kids, we'd like to say, "Thanks, Cathy!"

Thanks from Spanky Scholarships Recipients (August 2007)

Spanky Scholarship recipients are so grateful for your support and would like to say, "Thank you, Paul's Kids" (or "Cám òn, Paul's Kids" in Vietnamese) - just visit our Thank Yous page to hear their thanks...

You can also see clips from the Spanky Scholarship ceremony here.

Summer School Kids Say Thanks

Thanks to the generous $500 donation from Bob Osner & Chris Hackett, these kids got to go to school this summer - and they want to say thank you. Click on the video below for a short "thank you" or here to hear the full version of their appreciation!

Thanks Blank Rome!

I want to thank Alfred Zaher, Kevin Baum, Cory Jacobs, Cindy Elliott, Sheila Victor, and the rest of the team at BlankRome for their help in launching Paul's Kids^SM. The legal process for incorporating Paul's Kids^SM as a charity and establishing 501(c)3 status with the IRS is complex--and so our gratitude for their willingness to help us navigate those issues on a pro bono basis is immense. Many, many thanks!

--Sandy Pinkerton, Co-founder

20 Kids in School for a Year, thanks to you! (July 2007)

Through the Spanky Scholarships program, your donations are giving twenty Vietnamese children the chance to go to school for an entire year. Click here to see some of the kids sponsored by Spanky Scholarships.

We Appreciate Your Support!