Kids Creating Community (KCC) was started in 2007 by the Venice United Church of Christ and has expanded to a VICA (Venice Interfaith Community Association) project. Last year people of the Jewish, Baha'i, Muslim, Unitarian, and Christian faiths celebrated with children and adults the holidays and traditions that make them unique.
This year the focus of Kids Creating Community-Caring About Our Planet from an Interfaith Perspective is to educate children and adults of the similarities all religions have in creating an enduring legacy in protecting nature and this planet. This project provides us with the opportunity to work together with a strong purpose and in harmony, thus bringing us all closer together as a world community.
Participants and leaders from the Quaker, Jewish, Baha'i, Eastern Orthodox, and Christian, faiths will present their viewpoints on caring for the earth, as well as provide creative, enjoyable learning activities for children ages three through twelve. Teens are welcome to come to be Counselors in Training.
Because this year's KCC focus is of a global environmental concern from an interfaith perspective, the Jewish Center of Venice submitted and was approved for a grant from the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation to fund the Fall 2008 KCC program. The grant includes funding art and craft supplies for the children's projects each session, as well as books that will be shared with the children and adults in attendance.