Victoria Shimkus's Contact Details

Victoria Shimkus's Company Details

Here For Kids International

San Jose, California, United States • 11 - 50 Employees
Nonprofit Organization Management

Here For Kids International (HFK) is a certified non-profit that was founded in 2010 in the San Francisco Bay Area. HFK partners with international relief organizations to mobilize college students and young adults abroad to serve at-risk children through sports ministry, tutoring, construction, and other projects. It is truly through our service that we honor others.We believe that the formation of intergenerational, cultural, and socioeconomic relationships build bridges of unity and bring greater understanding to our responsibility and participation within our global community. It is when we enter into communities all over the world that we realize that we are a part of a much greater narrative; we have much to learn and much to share.Sport is a universal language that teaches the importance of leading lives of high moral character and the necessity and embracement of team participation. Here For Kids International is a ministry that emerged out of a love for sports and the need for child development and recreation. In 2003, President and Founder Randy Farris was invited by Kids Alive National Directors to run soccer camps in Dominican Republic for at-risk children. After years of partnership, the planted seed grew from a single coach's personal experience to a non-profit that now reaches thousands of college students and young adults. Children love sports and games. College students love children. A natural relationship and expression of love blossoms when the two meet. Over the years, the non-profit has grown and will continue to grow by God's grace.