The Magic Yarn project, is a program for kids suffering from cancer.  Hundreds of thousands of kids have cancer. The most common type of kids’ cancer is Luekimia, Luekimia is a blood cancer most commonly found in kids. kids going through Luekimia usualy go through a Drug treatment called “Limo-Therapy.” People going through this treatment have hair loss due to the effects of the medicines. The Magic Yarn Progic makes beanies in the style of princess hair styles and Superheros. The use yarn to make these beanies, which make them much more comfortable than store bought beanies. These beanies are also very uniqe do to their creative styles. People have said that their children have felt like normal children again after recieving these magnificent gifts. The Magic yarn Project also accepts cards with Superhero stickers, and Princess stickers. My school has been praticapating by collecting Superhero and Princess stickers, and then they have been turning those into cards for donations. Help The Magic Yarn Project accomplish their goal by donating today! Link to donate: Magic Yarn Project

Siddarth Chavali, age 11, 2018

Do you know someone helping the environment? Post and tag #HelpingNinjas #StandUp4RPlanet

Want to help the oceans? Post your pictures of you, your child, or someone doing the floss dance!  Tag #Floss4Oceans #HelpingNinjas

Join the efforts in standing up to plastic to help the environment! Lindsey Fella-Berry, CEO of Helping Ninjas, and Laya Berry, a 7-year-old Helping Ninja, share startling facts about how plastic impacts the environment negatively, such as:

Source: How to pack an eco-friendly lunch

 

Watch Helping Ninjas LIVE on Indy Style Wish-TV Channel 8 Indianapolis, Indiana

 

  

Join Helping NInas movement, as we learn about plastic pollution and how it is adversely effecting our environment, and inspire others to help.

Stand Up To Plastic 

Stand Up To Straws

Eco-Friendly Lunches

Stand Up For Our Planet

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Read more at: nationalgeographic.com/environment/planetorplastic/

Recyling is important becuase it helps reduce waste in our landfills, but knowing where to send recyacalbes is even more important. Some plastics can’t be recycled locally, and have to be sent to certain states or facitlities, even other countries.

Learning about companies like Terra Cycle, finding local sources that collect plastics #2 and #4 and single use plastic bgas, or calling your local recycale company can help you learn where and what is recyable. And then you can share what you learn, by tagging us!, or emailing Helping Ninjas so we can share with others!

Recycling is a word to learn, and practicing it is an act to learn.

Share with us how you are reusing, recyling and reusing – or reducing at home! We want to hear! Email: info@helpingninjas.com or post and tag #HelpingNInjas on Social Media.

Learn Help Share

Helping Ninjas Anthony and Shruti at school, helping other students learn how to help the planet! #HelpingNinjas

#RecycleRangers @myCCSCafe excited about helping our #environment! Way to go CWE! Excellent recycling efforts & exemplary leadership! #GreenIdeas 💚♻️#ThinkGreen @myccs pic.twitter.com/ZeGGPLNbTe

— CCS Green Team (@Ccsgreenteam) September 7, 2018

How do I participate?

• RSVP on links below.
• Bring 3 books to donate!
• Or donate $20 to Books For Youth. 

How do I sign up?

• Click on the session you would like to particpate! 
• RSVP on EventBrite Links Below!

BOOKS FOR YOUTH GAMES RSVP

RSVP Session 1  (September 29th 1:00 pm)Session 2 (September 29th 2:00pm)

What if I can’t make the Books For Youth Games?  

You can still help!

Donate new or gently used books!       

Stop by one of the followiing Ninja Zone locations!

 

The Books for Youth Program is committed to placing backpacks filled with 25 age-appropriate books into the hands of Indiana foster youth and young adults. changes that and provides books foster youth can call their own.  Since the program began in 2006, BFY has given away more than 8,750 backpacks.

How did Books For Youth begin?

Indiana Department of Child Servicecs and Indianapolis Colts Books For Youth is Sponosord By CSI Cargo Servies

How else can you help Books For Youth?

Learn more about Books For Youth 

https://www.colts.com/community/literacy/books-for-youth

 

#BooksForYouth

 

HELPING NIJNAS IS HELPING BOOKS FOR YOUTH!

Books For Youth is an organization that makes backpacks for youth who are in Indiana Foster Care. Indiana State Department, Indianapolis Colts and CSI Cargo Services are working together to pack each bag with 25 books. So far, Books for Youth has collected enough books to give out approximately  8,000 backpacks to foster chidren Indiana.

To learn about Books For Youth and it’s sponsor, CSI Cargo Services:

Colts Community – Books For Youth

Why is the books for youth organization important? There are approximately 29,000 youth in the foster care program. Since 2016 only 1,500  have been adopted. The youth that are placed in Indiana Foster Care do not always have the opportuntity to read books outside of school. So, in order to solve this problem Books For Youth is giving to school backpacks with 25 books so that these children can have the benefits that reading can bring to kids.

We need to support this cause; imagine having being in foster care, and not being able to have  books? I believe that what foster care kids are going through, or have been through, not having a book to read, should not be one amongst the list of hardships. And, this can be addressed, simply simply donating a book.

Helping Ninjas is helping the Books For Youth program by providing collection bins, pick up and delivery for others to join the efforts, by donating new or gently used books.

We currently have bins located in the folloiwng locations:

• Off The Wall Sports, Carmel IN
• Excel Chiropractor, Marcus McCray (86th and Ditch)
• College Wood Elementary Media Center, Carmel, IN

• Ninja Zone – Grand Park Academy,  Westfield, IN
• Ninja Zone – Geist Academy, Gesit IN
• Ninja Zone – Wrights Gymnastics & Fundamentals, Carmel IN
• CreekSide Middle School, Carmel, IN

How can you help? Create awareness or donate a book. Ask someone if you can have a book drive of your own. We, Helping Ninjas, are workiing with Books For Youth and helping them to help the communities to help provide collection bins and carry out pick-up/delivery of donated books.

I truly believe together we can help these kids. Everyone deserves the opportunity to read.

Written By:  Sid, Helping Ninja, Age 11, Creekside, Carmel, IN

Read the full story of how Books Of Youth Began and How you can help foster children — one donated book at a time

Accoriding to an article by Demin Vaughn, in the IndyStar published in July 2018, “The program is important on two fonts. First and foremost, statistics show that children who read, succeed. Reading at an early age not only increases success in the classroom, but also in life. Secondarily, the program raises awareness of the foster care system in Indiana — a state that’s in desperate need for foster families.”

The creator and founder of Books For Youth, Steve Pemberton said in an interview on the Books For Youth Website “Reading gave me self-esteem, confidence and let me know that, despite the instability and uncertainty that was happening all around me, I did have a purpose and a place in this world after all.”

To learn more about Books For Youth, click on the one of the following links:

Colts Community – Books For Youth

Indiana Department of Child Services, Books For Youth 

Colts Community Photo Book Distribution

 

 

CSI CARGO Services joined as a corporate sponsor of Books For Youth in 2015. Learn more about CSI and how they are helping on Facebook!

 

Read More Articles about Foster Care Children In Indiana:

Number Kids Indiana DCS System 

Report-indiana-putting-children-in-foster-care-at-twice-national-rate

 

Food Waste

Helping Ninjas wants to share this educational information we learned about on the United Nation’s website. The full article and graphs can be seen at: www.fao.org/save-food/resources/keyfindings/en/ 

Here are a few key facts Helping Ninjas learned from United Nations and wanted to share!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.fao.org/3/i9420en/I9420EN.pdf

 

Anyone can be a helping ninja.

A Helping Ninja, by defintiion means to be highly skilled at helping.

Helping NInjas are inpsiring others to want to help the world.

Helping Ninjas are future leaders.

As future leaders we will stand up for our planet.

Helping Ninjas believe those that are helping our planet, deserve to be recognized and celebrated for efforts!

Any companiy, business, corporation, organization, school, club, and citizen of the world, Helping Ninjas is asking to join their quest in standing up for our oceans, standing up for our wildlife, standing up for each other, to stand up for oursevles, and to stand up for the planet.

Join us by inspirinig others to learn to help!

When you hear about someone doing someting to help others or our planet – tag us! Share your acts of help too! Tag #HelpingNinjas

We want to salute others for their efforts to help one another or our environment!

Social Media Shout Out!  🙌🏿🙌🙌🏾🙌🏻🙌🏽  Helping Ninjas High Five – Helping Ninjas will shout out to individuals or businesses that are leading by example, choosing to use plastic free or eco-friendly items.

For example, Kroger recently announced they would remove use of plastic bags by 2025. They derseve a Helping Ninja High Five! 🙌🏿🙌🙌🏾🙌🏻🙌🏽

If you, your family, your club, your classroom, friends at school, are making efforts to #StandUp4RPlanet, such as upcyling, recyling or composting,  or doing something kind for someone, maybe colleciting items or someone in need, then share it with us! #HelpingNinjas

We invite you to Learn Help Share!

Learn.Help.Share. 

Educating others on important facts and issues, as well as any statistics, research or facts about contibutors that may have adverse efffects on our  environment or living things, and then, educating how to help and creating opportunities to helpis the  inspritation behind LearnHelpShare.

Learning about endangered species, land and marine animals, conservation and eco-sysetems, you are helping! Learning Is Helping!

Usinig any of the follwoing Helping Ninjas tags associated with our Helping Ninjas initiatives will connect you to us on social media, and Helping Ninjas might repost and/or share on our website!

Join the Helping Ninjas Initiative and teach our #FutureLeaders to become highly-skilled at helping!

#FutureLeaders

#HelpingNinjas

#StandUp4RPlanet

#Stand4Oceans

#Floss4Oceans

#StrawlessCheers

#EcoCheers

#StandUpToStraws

#StandUpToPlastic

#KidsCompost

#CompostingIsCool

#RecycleRangers

#NatureIsArt

#GardenFresh

#FreshSnacks

#ThinkGreen

#NativeBeeHuts

#ThankAFireFighter

#Floss4FireFighters

#ThankAServicePerson

Helping Ninjas high five, all hands up!

Helping Ninjas fist bump, all bumps up!

Helping Ninjas applause,  standing obation!

#StandUpToPlastic Initiative

Helping Ninjas initiative to educate youth on the impacts of global plastic pollution.Helping Ninjas invites community members to join in, inspiring unity, help and change. Join Helping Ninjas efforts to educate youth on how to help our planet!

#StandUp4OurPlanet Initiative

Educate, address and celebrate all areas of positive impact on our environment. Helping Ninjas encourages community members posts, videos, photos depicting how you or your business is helping the planet. Helping Ninjas is geared to educate youth on ways to help, and what better way for them to see is by example?

Helping Ninjas invite others to Learn.Help.Share.® by educational and inspiring posts at @StandUp4RPlanet and begin helping the planet today!

Post and tag us! Any effort or education on how to help our planet— including all species of life, land & aquatic animals and wildlife, soil, water, air— any news story, news feed, post or photo you may have seen – can be a shared learning tool for others, and help to inspire change!  Example posts: a picture of how or a business is helping the environment. Such as photos of Eco-Friendly Straws, Eco-Friendly Utensils, To-Go Boxes, etc. Any efforts to recycle, composting, reducing waste, conserving energy and/or supporting renewable energy. Promoting urban farming, such as buying local, or any sustainable environment efforts or goals. Community Outreach and/or charitable acts of helping the community or planet. Any organizations and business efforts to help the environment –is worth sharing!

Tag us to join in the initiative!

#HelpingNinjas #StandUp4RPlanet #StandUpToPlastic #Floss4Oceans #StandUpToStraws #StrawlessCheers #EcoCheers

To learn more, contact info@helpingninjas.com, visit or follow Helping Ninjas:

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standuptoplastic.com                      @StandUpToPlastic

helpingninjas.com                           @HelpingNinjas

standup4Rplanet.com                    @StandUp4RPlanet

learnhelpshare.com                        @LearnHelpShare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“We want to tell other kids about the harm plastic straws are doing to marine life like sea turtles and how it is killing them. We think this is very sad and that others need to know about it. We hope to bring awareness about these innocent creatures. We think that the more people know about this, then the more people will not want to use plastic straws. If someone knows using a plastic straw could hurt an animal, maybe they would not want to use one anymore.” Leo, Age 9, #StandUpToStraws

We want to help the environment because the plastic straws that we are using every minute and every hour are putting a big impact on the environment itself, we want to use eco-friendly straws – the outcome we seek is to use these stores world-wide and heal from the harm we have caused.” Vedh, Age 9, #StandUpToStraws

“We know plastic straws pollute, but we know some people like to use straws and even need straws. We can use different types of straws instead that are biodegradable like plant based plastic straws that decompose, or bamboo straws. Bamboo straws are commonly used in some Eastern Countries, like India, where I am from.  Also, it is good because these straws will not pollute our oceans and these straws cannot harm sea animals. If we can convince others to stop using harmful plastic straws, soon there will be none in our oceans.” Amogh, Age 10, #StandUpToStraws

“We live in a beautiful world, which is also our home. Sadly, we are the ones destroying it. One way we can save it is by creating awareness of the harm plastic straws are causing. Plastic Straws are the top 10 most commonly found plastic in the ocean and at beaches. We want to create awareness about the dangers of plastic straws and help people find solutions. One way we will do this is by telling people why not to use plastic straws, and suggesting to use Bamboo straws, or any compostable straws. For these can help the environment because they are 100% Biodegradable. We will work hard to save the beautiful world we all know and love.”  Siddarth, age 11, #StandUpToStraws