Youth-led disaster preparedness & recovery
Kids helping kids prepare, recover, and feel like themselves again
Kids4Kids Relief is a youth-led organization helping children and families before, during, and after natural disasters. Through Ready Together, Normalcy Kits, youth-led service, and community response projects, young people help restore comfort, routine, connection, and hope.
Impact snapshot
Kids4Kids Relief Impact
Kids4Kids Relief reports cash raised, donated goods, individuals supported, volunteers, chapters, website activity, and media reach separately so the figures remain clear and defensible.
4
Active Chapters
$13k+
Funds raised
$32k+
In-kind donations
1,000+
Individuals supported
100+
Volunteers involved
What we do
What Kids4Kids Relief Does
Our work combines practical preparedness, personalized recovery, and youth-led action.
Featured response
Hurricane Melissa: Normalcy Kits for Jamaica
Kids4Kids Relief mobilized students and supporters to raise funds, collect approved items, assemble personalized Normalcy Kits, and support children affected by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.
$2,625
Raised
103
Recipients
87
Kits Assembled
19
Volunteers
Featured milestone
Restoring a Milestone After Hurricane Ian
Model for a Moment
Disaster recovery is not only about replacing essentials. It is also about restoring milestone experiences that help young people feel confident, included, and like themselves again. Through Model for a Moment, Kids4Kids Relief partnered with Dress Up to help students affected by Hurricane Ian access donated prom dresses and celebrate an important high-school milestone.
212
Donated Prom Dresses
46
Volunteers
6
Schools
212
Dresses Donated
300+
Accessories
Donated
$20k+
In-kind Donations
Youth voice
Rising After the Storm
Sam, Jolie, and Julianna joined the National Youth Leadership Council’s Power of Young People podcast to discuss Hurricane Ian, peer-centered recovery, youth mental wellness, resilience, and the role young people can play after disasters.
Published by NYLC The Power of Young People on April 29, 2026
Take action
Young People and Communities Can Help
Volunteer
Join a packing day, preparedness session, collection drive, event, or chapter project.
Host a Drive or Session
Bring Normalcy Kits or Ready Together to a school, club, library, team, or community group.