Kidz Express

Start of New Kidz Express Year

2012-01-03T10:08:00.001-08:00

Kidz Express would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! We hope to have a great year as an organization and would like to welcome the kids back today!

Dodgeball Night a ton of FUN!

2011-11-28T11:39:00.000-08:00

The kids and mentors enjoyed some food, basketball and dodgeball right before Thanksgiving break. Kidz Express would like to thank the tuesday tutors for the invitation to their gym and tons of fun they provided for us!

Happy hhhhhhaaaaallllooowwwwweeeeeeennnnn!!

2011-10-31T14:32:00.000-07:00

Shorten day at Kidz Express. Kidz Express will only run till 6pm today so the kids can go trick or treating afterwards

Having Fun with the Little guys

2011-10-21T15:28:00.000-07:00

Getting to know Serenity!

2011-10-21T15:14:00.000-07:00

Name: Serenity
My favorite colors are... skyblue or pink
My favorite candy is... Gummy Jolly Ranchers
Why I like to come to Kidz Express... Because its fun to play with all the different kids
My favorite sport is... Basketball
How long have you been coming to Kidz Express... 2 years
What I want to be when i grow up is.... A teacher

Little Guys dancing

2011-10-05T15:16:00.000-07:00

Amber is off to College

2011-10-02T12:34:00.000-07:00

Kidz Express would like to wish Amber the best of luck at college

Getting to know Dalon

2011-08-03T09:18:00.001-07:00

Dalon first started coming to Kidz Express 3 years ago, when he was 5. His favorite thing to do at Kidz Express has always been playing Basketball. He loves to play knockout with the other kids. He also likes to spend his time in the computer room and outside playing football. In-fact, he wants to be a football player when he grows up! Dalon is now 8 years old and plans to attend Kidz Express as long as he's allowed to. He wants to get. (Pictured Asadd, Mentor JT, and Dalon himself)

Madison Park Church Comes to Visit

2011-07-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

Kidz Express would like to thank our good friends from Madison Park Church for coming down for another great week of fun at Kidz Express. The kids enjoyed the activities such as the bible scripture plays, many songs they learned, dancing and building relationships!

Kidz Express Rugby

2011-05-04T11:42:00.000-07:00

Some of the kids were rewarded and taken to see Chicagos Rugby team the Lions and had a great time!!

Little Guys Dance Off

2011-04-12T19:01:00.000-07:00

"I will respect myself and others"

2011-02-19T13:43:00.000-08:00

Mentor Retreat a Success!!

2011-02-19T13:38:00.001-08:00

The mentors of Kidz Express went on a winter retreat this past weekend. The mentors learned alot about bettering themselves as mentors, new techniques to handle the children, and becoming closer in order to work together. Thank you to the board for putting it together and letting us have such a great time!

2011-02-02T12:38:00.000-08:00

Due to Lots and lots of snow and high winds, Kidz Express was closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Hoping to be open Thursday though!! Stay warm!!

Here Comes the Snow

2011-01-31T08:23:00.000-08:00

The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch from this afternoon to Wednesday afternoon. Stay warm and safe through the blizzard. Kidz Express looks forward to their next sledding day in February!!

20-0 season for Mentor

2011-01-31T08:06:00.000-08:00

Kidz Express' would like to congratulate our mentor Devon.(In the blue) He had a very successful wrestling season, going 20-0 while managing school and his job at Kidz Express all at the same time. Congratulations on such a great season and thank you for everything you do for Kidz Expressz(

Friday Night Basketball Nights at Kidz Express

2011-01-11T22:32:00.000-08:00

Gingerbread house making

2011-01-01T14:34:00.000-08:00

Male Sr. Mentors

2010-12-12T15:32:00.000-08:00

Lady Sr. Mentors

2010-12-12T15:29:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays from Kidz Express!!

2010-12-01T21:29:00.000-08:00

2010-11-29T23:07:00.000-08:00

Dont forget to visit our official Kidz Express website
www.kidzexpress.org

and our facebook page which you can like above or visit at...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kidz-Express/170317316318145

Kidz Express in 2010

2010-11-28T22:13:00.000-08:00

Kidz Express Basketball Night

2010-11-10T15:46:00.000-08:00

Rochell "Roro" becomes a Jr. Mentor

2010-11-10T15:14:00.000-08:00

Roro began Kidz Express in 2001 at 5 years old. She has been apart of Kidz Express since then and earned her job as a Jr. Mentor now that she has just turned 14. Kidz Express would like to thank and congratulate Roro for her help and contribution to Kidz Express.

Kidz Express Haunted House Huge Success

2010-11-01T15:32:00.000-07:00

A good 1 hr and a half of scared children walked through Kidz Express's haunted house at our building put together by the Kidz Express mentors. We'd like to thank everyone that helped out and made it a huge success. Lots of Scared kids and candy! What can get better!!

Man Man goofing around

2010-10-21T18:38:00.000-07:00

Kidz Express Cafe NOW OPEN for business!!

2010-10-21T16:23:00.000-07:00

The older girls open up Kidz Express Cafe to pass the time

Shamonte at Kidz Express

2010-09-23T13:53:00.000-07:00

hi my name is shamonte and I come to kids express beacuse they care about your education and they give you food. You also play games like basket ball court pool table this is what we do. We also do our home work then we play and i dont like to see yall kids on the corner. Come to kids express they do some thing with yall lives. get of that corner and come to kids express.

Fall Program starts this Monday September 20th

2010-09-17T12:02:00.001-07:00

Kidz Express staff is happy to welcome back the kids for a new year of Kidz Express. The fall program starts this monday September 20th.
The new schedule:

Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday -- 3:30 - 7:30 (snack and dinner will be served)
Wednesday and Friday -- 3:30- 6:00 (snack will be served)

Kidz Express staff is looking forward to a successful and fun-filled year

Shout

2010-08-25T11:05:00.000-07:00

Getting to know the Mentors with Donny Baylock

2010-08-23T12:07:00.001-07:00

Donny Baylock got involved with Kidz Express when he started coming his junior year of high school in 2007. He started volunteering his time as a mentor on saturday mornings and then worked the summer program. Donny has been working at Kidz Express ever since. He helps kids with their homework, loves to play knockout with the kids, and has started to teach a music class.

Today August 23,2010

2010-08-23T09:56:00.001-07:00

This is the last week of the summer program for the kids.

We will be catching up this week by uploading videos and writing of the kids from throughout the summer and show all the fun things we did this summer.

Looking into the future: Kidz Express is teaming up with Junior Achievement to implement into our programming for the after School program

Diamonds in Chicago

2010-08-03T12:38:00.000-07:00

Homeless Horror

2010-08-03T09:13:00.000-07:00

Kidz Express productions presents: Homeless Horror

2010-08-03T08:56:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q95XAooQsug

Its been some time so we have lots of catching up to do

2010-08-03T08:52:00.000-07:00

Since our last post we have:

Made a Kidz Express movie ( soon to be uploaded on the blog)

The group "Diamonds" explored Chicago

Had plenty of fun playing games

Skyped with our friends from Quincy, IL

Kidz Express in Reverse

2010-07-16T09:36:00.000-07:00

Kids took some footage from the past week of filming and turned it in reverse.

Kidz Express/Quincy group

2010-07-13T09:25:00.000-07:00

Kidz Express would like to thank the Quincy group for coming down once again this year and showing us such a great time.
It is now looking like they will be back August 15th which the kids are very excited about!!

Darvon- Usher: gotta let it burn

2010-07-12T12:28:00.000-07:00

Pictures of Kidz Express and Quincy Group

2010-07-07T11:28:00.000-07:00

Pictures brought to you by Doug Low
http://www.pbase.com/dhlow/madison_park_take_three

Marissa and Tarayven photoshoot

2010-07-07T11:27:00.000-07:00

Great Grades for Kidz Express kids

2010-07-06T12:39:00.000-07:00

Tarayven and Julissa get A's and B's on Progress Report from Summer School

Dance Off!!- More fun with Quincy Group

2010-07-06T09:34:00.000-07:00

Man Man and Ramarion show off their dance moves

Imani hanging with Quincy

2010-07-02T10:00:00.000-07:00

I loved hanging with the quincy group because i get to do there hair, and we play fun games , and piggyback rides. I enjoyed all the games that we played with them, they were all fun! They were all nice people and hanging with all of them was amazing. I hope they come back soon because i want to do more great games with them. I miss them already!!

Kidz Express 6/28 - 7/1

2010-07-02T09:44:00.000-07:00

Kidz Express would like to thank our visitors from Quincy, IL for everything they did this week for us at Kidz Express.

Pictures, and videos will be posted of the great activities dancing and fun the kids had with our guests.

Kidz Express dance class/ Quincy group perform "One Time"

2010-06-29T15:44:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Tarayven

2010-06-25T15:28:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to TARAYVEN!
Happy birthday to YOU!

Eric and Darvon riding the Roller Coaster

2010-06-25T15:26:00.000-07:00

Eric and Darvon test out Photo Booth on Matthew's Mac Laptop

Flipping with Keelan

2010-06-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

Keelan shows off flipping skills in the backyard of Kidz Express

The Sweet Life of Ukari

2010-06-22T12:45:00.000-07:00

I am Ukari, I am 8 years old. My bestfriends are Marissa and Kiersha.I go to Goeger Lelend. My favorite subject in school is Math. I have a mom and a dad and three brothers. I have a grandmother and grandfather and one aunt. I love all of my family. My favorite thing to do at Kidz Express is Dance. I am apart of the dance class. My favorite song is One Love by Justin Beiber. My favorite sport is Basketball and i love playing it at Kidz Express.

Here at Kidz Express

2010-06-22T11:47:00.000-07:00

Here at Kidz Express by Darvon and Eric

Man Man displaying his jump roping skills

2010-06-22T11:02:00.000-07:00

Man Man back at it again showing off his jump roping talent.

Race Car Track

2010-06-21T11:32:00.000-07:00

Man Man and his friends race around their cars through Kidz Express

My Life by Keelan

2010-06-21T09:53:00.001-07:00

my name is keelan and I am 11 years old and I go to marconi school and my favorite colors are red and black. I Like to do flips and I Like to play pro streets: need for speed on my xbox 360. my favorite sports are basketball and football. my favorite food is chicken and my favorite restaurant is old country buffet. My hero is LeBron James. My favorite thing about Kidz Express is playing basketball during free time and going on the computers.