Support
Please select your fund of choice and mail donations to:
P.O. Box 421
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
All donations are tax deductibleFriends of KIDS-4
- Support local programming for the community of Sun Prairie
Pam Steitz Scholarship Fund
- This scholarship supports the enrollment funds for children within the KIDS-4 program
Parents of KIDS-4
- Support funds for the KIDS-4 program
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Your Support is Needed!
Have you ever heard of a place where kids can produce television programs? Not star in, (although they do that too!), but actually produce the programs? A wonderful program called KIDS-4 is the place where young people can do just that.
The mission of Sun Prairie Media Center is to provide service to the community of Sun Prairie in the form of original local programming on the KSUN and KIDS-4 channels. KIDS-4 is dedicated to providing continued media literacy education to the Sun Prairie youth through KIDS-4 crews and programming. KSUN is the designated Public, Education and Government (PEG) channel. It encourages community involvement in, and provides information about, city government, local schools, service groups and area churches.
For over thirty years Sun Prairie Media Center has served thousands of people in the community of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, offering original programming that can be seen nowhere else. A pioneer in the field of media literacy, KIDS-4 continues to distinguish itself as the only access channel in the country devoted entirely to children. KIDS-4 participants examine the media to see how it influences our everyday lives. Through the production of their own shows, KIDS-4 encourages the young people of Sun Prairie to become more critical consumers of electronic media. It also serves as a solid base for those kids interested in a career in the television and entertainment industry.
While in the KIDS-4 program, young people have a safe place to go after school to learn meaningful life skills. They participate in community & school events, learn how to construct sets, write scripts & storyboards, operate video equipment and produce original programming. Underlying these obvious technical skills the kids learn while in the program are important social skills. Through working together on projects they learn how to collaborate and cooperate, understand and respect others' opinions and ideas, problem solve, develop their self-esteem and confidence, as well as develop their leadership qualities.
With your support we can ensure that the KIDS-4 program continues to thrive and grow along with the young people of the community of Sun Prairie.
Sincerely,
The Friends of KIDS-4 Committee
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In the fall of 2010 Sun Prairie Media Center lost a coworker, mentor and dear friend. Dylan Ellefson had been with us since the 7th grade in 2001. Dylan was such a positive coworker and role model to everyone at KIDS-4. The Ellefson family has set up a scholarship in Dylan's name at UW-Madison. All donations will help students in the School of Education who aspire to teach Elementary or Secondary Education. To find out more about Dylan or make a donation please visit his website. DylanEllefsonMemorialScholarship.org