SEATTLE, WA, October 23, 2010 (Press-News.org) In honor of its' 12th year anniversary, Amazing Kids! has announced the successful launch of its newly redesigned popular website for kids and adults who support them, amazing-kids.org. As a children's educational non-profit whose mission is to inspire excellence in children while helping them realize their amazing potential, the purpose of the website's redesign is to enhance the promotion of the Amazing Kids! organization, its mission and programs. At the same time, with the addition of a new subdomain (mag.amazing-kids.org) which houses the award-winning kid-created Amazing Kids! Magazine, the organization is reaching out to the kids they serve in a visually-compelling and meaningful way. The website's new design includes user-friendly features and eye-catching graphics that capture the spirit of the organization and its mission. Both the organization and the magazine can be accessed from the organization's main web address: amazing-kids.org, which features links to both sites.
The organization's website, amazing-kids.org, houses links to information about Amazing Kids! and its programs. It gives suggestions for ways adults can get involved to support the organization and enroll their children in the educationally enriching online programs for kids. At the same time, the website offers kids a positive, uplifting message from Amazing Kids!, encouraging them to discover their own amazing gifts and use them in positive and productive ways to make a difference in the world.
The Amazing Kids! Magazine, mag.amazing-kids.org, is a monthly online magazine created by and for kids. Featuring a new theme each month, the magazine showcases quality writing, art, video and photos by kids, as well as the "Amazing Kids! of the Month" story, spotlighting real-life kids accomplishing amazing achievements. Celebrating its 41st issue this month, the theme for October's Amazing Kids! Magazine is "Amazing Adventurers!"
To encourage visitor participation, the websites feature buttons to connect with Amazing Kids! via Twitter, RSS, YouTube, and the Amazing Kids! blog, and for those Amazing Kids!' adult supporters or kids and teens ages 13 and up, Facebook.
About Amazing Kids!
Founded in 1998, Amazing Kids! (http://amazing-kids.org) is a children's educational non-profit organization and award-winning website dedicated to inspiring excellence in children, while helping them to realize their amazing potential and launch their dreams. A recent recipient of the American Library Association's Top 24 "Great Websites for Kids" for 2010, the Amazing Kids! website supports kids' creativity, literacy, global awareness and understanding, and achievement through hosting ongoing creative contests, publishing the award-winning, kid-created Amazing Kids! Online Magazine, and connecting kids with letter-writing pals from around the world through their Amazing Kids! PenPals program.
Amazing Kids! president Alyse Rome founded the educational website to provide enriching educational experiences for kids outside of the regular classroom environment, as well as to provide kids with access to inspiring stories (the "Amazing Kids! of the Month" stories) about their peers who are accomplishing amazing achievements. Alyse believes that all kids have amazing potential, and dreams of a world in which all children's amazing gifts are supported, and their dreams realized. She believes the best way this can be achieved is through collaboration with others, including caring adult mentors, other non-profits and educational institutions, as well as sponsorship and support from well-respected, active corporate citizens and foundations who share Amazing Kids!' long-held commitment to children and their future. The organization encourages people interested in learning more or supporting their work to reach out and connect through their website, amazing-kids.org and their Facebook and Twitter pages: amazingkids.
Amazing Kids! Launches Newly Redesigned Website: Amazing-kids.org Redesigned to Improve Site Visibility and Engage Visitor Interaction
The purpose of the website's redesign is to enhance the promotion of the Amazing Kids! organization, its mission and programs.
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[Press-News.org] Amazing Kids! Launches Newly Redesigned Website: Amazing-kids.org Redesigned to Improve Site Visibility and Engage Visitor InteractionThe purpose of the website's redesign is to enhance the promotion of the Amazing Kids! organization, its mission and programs.