Social Work for Social Kids

Yefiny Mena visits Casa Central in Guatemala, where children help in the community

This Center operates from the Social Service Area of Casa Central School and compound.  The Center is located in the heart of Guatemala City, and serves children of the periphery of the city from low income families, mostly without a stable housing environment, permanent income, and steady provision of educational, nutritional and health services.  The CI monthly support helps in the provision of food, school supplies, shoes and clothing to the participant children.  This with […]

November 2024 Impact Report

Thank you for supporting children in need this past month

Our volunteer coordinator, Ashley, at Blackwell Elementary School in Virginia, wrote to thank all our sponsors for their endless support of children in need, which offers her peace of mind throughout the year:  “I want to express my sincere gratitude for the incredible program you have spearheaded. The assistance provided by Children Incorporated funds has been instrumental in ensuring that enrolled children have access to essential resources, enabling them to embark on a successful academic journey. […]

Actively Helping Children in Need

Muddy Kids adventure events partner with Children Incorporated for their 2025 season

We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Muddy Kids! Thanks to their generosity, Muddy Kids will be donating a portion of funds from each Muddy Kids event in 2025 to Children Incorporated. About Muddy Kids Muddy Kids is a 1.5–2.2 mile adventure event series for families and kids ages 5–15, with fun and challenging obstacles, mud, and entertainment for the whole family. We don’t focus on the fastest times or competitions; we focus […]

Our October 2024 Impact Report

Thank you for supporting children in need this past month

One of the best ways to express the importance of our work — all thanks to our sponsors and donors — is by sharing letters from our volunteer coordinators worldwide. Linda, at Highland-Turner Elementary School in Kentucky, recently wrote to us to express her sincere gratitude for you, our amazing sponsors: “These children who are now adults will never forget the kindness of strangers who decided to become sponsors and then friends.” Linda’s Letter “Your support […]

Our Fall 2024 Newsletter

Honoring Our Founder, Jeanne Clarke Wood

In October 1964, Mrs. Jeanne Clarke Wood started a non-profit children’s organization called Children Incorporated. What began with just 95 sponsored children in Guatemala quickly escalated to helping 1600 children in 10 countries within just two short years. Today, Children Incorporated has sponsorship programs in 20 countries worldwide and provides tens of thousands of impoverished children with clothing and school supplies, medical care, and many other types of assistance. Thanks to our donors, schools, dormitories, […]

Introducing Founder’s Day

Our founder, Jeanne Clarke Wood, established Children Incorporated in 1964

Dear Friends,  As we celebrate our 60th year as an organization, Children Incorporated staff members fondly remember our founder, Jeanne Clarke Wood. Though I only worked with Mrs. Wood briefly, I recall how she treated her employees like family. She tried to do little things to make work life more like home life, including having gatherings and sharing meals with the staff. Mrs. Wood valued people; she was funny and personable. She loved writing letters […]