The Mission
To inspire grass roots enthusiasm and support for emergency response heroes nationwide by holding "Kids for Heroes events" in back yards, streets & homes.

The Vision
is for Kids for Heroes events to one day become so integrated into our society that kids grow up doing them just as they do school projects, any time of year, and for America to become positively transformed by the very adults whose lives were touched in childhood by KFH.

Our History
Kids for Heroes was conceived in the wake of 9-11 as a way to teach children old-fashioned values and life lessons, including why it is we appreciate these heroes and how to count back change and speak properly to a customer. Families have fun. Kids learn valuable information while having fun. Heroes feel appreciated. Neighbors get to meet each other. Positive vibes make it out onto the streets and infiltrate communities. Results are immediate! You'll feel a change.

Our Purpose
When you participate in a Kids for Heroes event, either by sponsoring one or patronizing one, you honor the memory of heroes fallen in addition to present day heroes. The deep gratitude felt for emergency response heroes post 9-11 gets rekindled through KFH events, and we find ourselves feeling a similar sense of unity, but this time it's more intimate - at the local level, and we're reminded that it feels good.

As importantly, our children remember the lessons they learn through such events. I did. The year was 1970, and I was 9 years old. Now, at the age of 44, I feel compelled to update and re-package these classics into something more exciting and multi-dimensional... something that has a greater purpose, something that can teach. Something our children's children will do when they're 9 years old. Something that can generate positive feelings on every street and in every neighborhood. Something that can change the course of the lives of some children.

Founder's Dedication
KFH was inspired in part by my own childhood rescue hero - a highly decorated WW II veteran, a police officer, a volunteer firefighter, my Godfather, a man who was there to save me when I needed to be saved... Robert Breitenstein (Woodstock, New York.)

With love and thanks to you, Uncle Bob. You'll always be a hero to me.
~ Kindra Knauert Spector