Founded in 2002, Teaching Kids to CARE is a unique adopt-a-school program that has mentored more than 100,000 grade school students in 150 cities with the lesson that when we work together, our individual caring efforts for our communities can make a meaningful difference for our world.
Learn more about Doubletree's past five years of fun-filled initiatives, which have led to achievements such as the planting of more than 200,000 trees, the symbolic adoption of more than 2,500 endangered animals, the fundraising of $250,000 to benefit hurricane relief efforts and a lesson on the democratic process resulting in the donation of 250,000 Doubletree cookies.
Re-Invent a Better World / Arbor Day Foundation / World Wildlife Fund
Hurricane Relief Fundraiser / Kids Voting USA
In the fall of 2007, Doubletree Hotels helped kids unleash their inner inventor with the Re-Invent a Better World program. With the aim of demonstrating their vision for an eco-friendly future, students across North America showcased their handmade eco-inventions constructed solely from collected recyclable materials. A select group of kids and their teachers received an all-expense paid trip to Seattle to display their eco-inventions and become the first guests at the premiere of the Exploring Trees Inside and Out (this should click through to the Traveling Tree Museum page) Environmental Education Exhibit.
Click here to download a recap of the Re-Invent a Better World Fall 2007 initiative.
Since 2004, Doubletree has proudly teamed up with the Arbor Day Foundation on a variety of Teaching Kids to CARE environmental education projects. From tree planting projects at schools to the celebration of a Forest Green Ribbon Day and even a fun celebration of the three Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle thousands of students in more than 150 communities have developed unique art projects and participated in a variety of city and neighborhood beautification projects. Most importantly, students have learned that trees truly play an important role in our everyday lives.
Click here to download a recap of the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle initiative in 2006.
Click here to download a recap of the Tree Planting initiative in 2005.
Click here to download a recap of our Get To Know The Tree Next Door Initiative in Spring 2008.
Thousands of kids across the U.S. and Canada learned about the threats and challenges facing the world's animal population, and signed a pledge to do their part to protect endangered species. They then symbolically adopted more than 2,500 endangered animals through World Wildlife Fund's Animal Adoption Center with funding provided by Doubletree.
Click here to download a recap of the Wild for Wildlife initiative in 2006.
Cookies for a Cause introduced a new generation of students to the power of fundraising. Thousands of kids across the U.S. and Canada celebrated the influence of CARE by holding a Great Community Cookie Fundraiser for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Click here to download a recap of the Cookies for a Cause initiative in 2005.
With help from Kids Voting USA®, Doubletree taught 10,000 grade school students about the privilege and power of voting. Using an electronic voting system, students voted for a group of people in their community who they felt could use the caring gesture of a Doubletree chocolate chip cookie. The military were declared the official winning community group with 37% of the popular vote. More than 250,000 Doubletree cookies were distributed to Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard units throughout the U.S.
Click here to download a recap of the My Vote Makes A Difference initiative in 2004.
