Dear Friends of Toughest Kids, We are happy and humbled to be writing to you with an annual update about the Toughest Kids charity, funds raised, events, charitable activities and more. We at Toughest Kids have been blessed with the job of carrying on the charitable legacy started by Charly and Kelli Schell. They founded…
It is with great sadness that we share news of the sudden passing of our beloved Chairman Kelli Schell and her husband Charles. Toughest Kids was their vision and their dream. Through tireless work and countless hours, Kelli and Charly created, cultivated and nurtured Toughest Kids to make a difference in the lives of those…
By deliberately bringing our daughters into nature, my wife and I are connecting them to something greater than the individual elements of the outdoors, something deeper than the average afternoon experience. In nature, we’re giving them answers to the fundamental questions of reality.
With one parent absent, household feels the effect Tri-County Times (August 10, 2018) Michael and Ashley Nick live in Linden with their four kids. Michael is in the Army National Guard and is often gone from home. Being a military family has instilled in the kids to always thank veterans and stand for the national…
Source: Washington Post (June 10, 2018) – As the weather turns warmer and the days are longer, many parents are looking forward to spending more quality time with the family. A great place to start is by taking your kids outdoors — a lot. As the parent of a 6-year old and a 10-month-old, I…
Legos for Littles made a big impact recently at the Santa Fe Depot in Temple, TX for the local observance of National Train Day, sponsored by the Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum, CentraMod and Amtrak. The Temple Daily Telegram reported, “Family activities were almost too much to keep up with. Some of the children gathered…
Legos for Littles began with one simple mission – to put a smile on a kid’s face. Now, as the newest Toughest Kids, Inc. project, Legos for Littles has a goal to put more smiles on more faces.
Toughest Kids held a Christmas in July campaign in July 2017 as a way to help raise needed funds for the Keys to Independence initiative. Keys to Independence helps Central Florida teens obtain a driver’s license, motor vehicle insurance, driver’s education, and other incidental costs.
(September 28, 2017) – Source: HuffPost – The City of Pittsburgh has over 3,000 acres of public parks, greenways, and open space, constituting 10 percent of the city’s land base, and the majority of its citizens live within a walkable distance (1/4 – 1/2 mile) to a public greenspace. And yet, every summer I visit…
