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November 15, 2010
Wheaton Teen Kendall Ciesemier Helping African Orphans

Watch an interview of Kendall Ciesemier, founder of Kids Caring 4 Kids, on FOX - Chicago

 

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October 29, 2010
Women of the Year: Readers’ Choice Award 2010 Nominee: Kendall Ciesemier, 17, Wheaton, Illinois

Kendall Ciesemier, founder of Kids Caring 4 Kids, was named a 2010 nominee for Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year: Readers’ Choice Award. Check out the full article at www.glamour.com

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September 8, 2010
Wheaton teen's astounding charity work draws even more attention

Daily Herald | by Robert Sanchez   August 23, 2010

Kendall Ciesemier was 11 when an idea to donate $360 to sponsor one child in Africa blossomed into a charity that would raise money for thousands of kids affected by AIDS. In that time, she met a former president, appeared on "Oprah" and raised more than $830,000 through her Kids Caring 4 Kids organization. But a few years later, the motivation that called her to action was starting to wane.

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July 19, 2010
Five Questions with Kendall Ciesemier, Founder of Kids Caring 4 Kids

Check out this Q&A at seventeen.com with Kendall Ciesemier, Founder of Kids Caring 4 Kids.  Kendall chats about how KC4K got started, why she’s passionate about helping kids in Africa, how she juggles her busy life in high school, and what she’s thinking about for the future.

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June 8, 2010
Hospital’s Design Is Guided by Experiences of Youth

By GIOVANNA BREU for the New York Times Published: June 3, 2010

It was one of the first meetings of the Kid’s Advisory Board of Children’s Memorial Hospital, and 17-year-old Kendall Ciesemier was telling the high-priced architects designing the new $915 million hospital that they needed to go back to the drawing board.

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June 1, 2010
KC4K Newsletter Vol. 5 - April 2010

A Dream Come True … I’m Going to Africa!

I can’t believe it!  In June I’m going to Africa. Now I will get to see our efforts of five years in action! My family will travel with our partners in Zambia and South Africa. We’ll visit two orphan care centers we support, a well project, and a bike distribution.  

February 25, 2009
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February 24, 2009
KC4K Newsletter Vol. 3 - November 2008

Kerus Orphan Care Center—A Powerful Force for Positive Change in South Africa! 

It’s hard to imagine, but South Africa has an estimated 2 million orphans!  We can’t help them all, but we at KC4K can help some. And that’s why we’re so excited to announce our latest project—this one in partnership with Kerus Global Education. We’re helping to build the Kerus Orphan Care Center near Pretoria, and it will be ready for kids in January.

February 24, 2009
KC4K Newsletter Vol. 2 - July 2008

Kenyan Kids Say Thanks!

Why are these Kenyan students saying thanks? Because KC4K provided the funds to buy 10 acres and build a Girls’ Dorm for orphans in Ngulini—and the kids are watching it go up! Built in partnership with Bright Hope International who has multi-faceted work in this impoverished community, the dorm will be “home” for over 30 girls, mostly AIDS orphans, who now sleep several to a bed in a crowded classroom.

January 5, 2009
KC4K Newsletter Vol. 1 - February 2008

President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and me! Can you believe it? I was so surprised and so excited to meet President Clinton at my high school and then to be on the Oprah Show the same day. During the show, President Clinton told me that a friend of his was giving KC4K $500,000! Unbelievable! The Oprah Show aired September 4, 2007 and again on Thanksgiving Day.