Wednesday Update, 2/11/26
- Matt Smith
- Mar 5
- 4 min read
Hello!
WE HAVE NO PRACTICE ON MONDAY FEB 16. MAC is being used for a basketball tournament.
Next General Parent Board Meeting. Thursday, Feb 17 at 7:15 pm. https://meet.google.com/wom-kane-cdx
Please log on and listen to what Kangaroo Kids is up to! How we plan etc! Ask questions!
END of Year picnic celebration will be 6-12-26 at 6 pm at the pavilion behind MAC.
We will celebrate our high school seniors, coaches/junior coaches, introduce/vote board members in for the next year, have food and fun! Mark your calendars to save the date!
FUNDRAISERS:
Tuesday Feb 24 Ledo Pizza , 2 locations 11am to 9 pm -see flier, share flier
THANK YOU TO LESLIE SILVERMAN (mom of Tess who is a senior, and Jed who is a Lifetime Member) for organizing all these restaurant nights! WE WILL NEED SOMEONE TO FULFILL THIS POSITION NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. If you think this might be a good fit for you, work from home, organize the restaurants, send an email with your information to vicepresident@kangarookids.org Megan Davis. We would love for you to talk with Leslie and get any ideas or plans or suggestions from her. When you see Leslie, tell her thank you for the years of organizing all these restaurant nights! It has been amazing support for the Kangaroo Kids!
SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION BEGINS 2/4/26
Kangaroo Kids offer 2 summer camps over the summer. July 6-10 at MAC, and Aug 3-7 at NLCC. Hours for campers 9-1 and 1-4 or 9-4. Coaches arrive by 8:30 am. Camps are great for those on performing team and in our class programs. We highly encourage those on performing team to attend. To keep up their jump rope skills, and to help build their skills with a week long practice session.
If you have been on travel team for 2 years or more, you can sign up to coach at summer camps. We try to use everyone who wants to coach. But we must follow a budget and a ratio of coaches to jumpers that register. (Signing up does not guarantee work, but we try very hard to use you all, the schedule will come out at a later date)
So fill out this form: Write your name and if you want to coach AM camp, PM camp or FULL day
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ojWWmi8zDXcTzqfN-g0TaqNAGfddO-aIgui0lhei87w/edit?usp=sharing
If you have been on travel team for 1 year. And want to volunteer your time at one of our camps. Please fill out this survey. We can not guarantee you can help, until we see how the numbers are at camp, but would like to know who is available. So we will contact you later, thank you for considering volunteering your time.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PibRDo_-V3tGPr5EA7Ij0DwJYH5N-SSbDpwU1Nt1vhg/edit?usp=sharing
Uniform Sales: Year round:
COMPETITION TEAM
Registration for our own April tournament opens March 1.
Ohio registration is open now, closing soon.
Nationals registration is open now.
We are having our own fundraising show. Please sign up to come to the show on 3/5. We will teach jump rope for 45 mins then show for 15 minutes. This money raised from this show will pay for our Nationals tshirts we make for Buffalo! So sign up, come support!
Update about Nationals:
Competition Gym Climate Information
The Nationals Planning Committee recently learned that the competition gym does not have air conditioning. However, Buffalo State University is able to draw in cooler night air to help reduce temperatures in the gym overnight. The facility is also equipped with LED lighting, which helps limit heat buildup and maintain a more moderate indoor temperature. In addition, we are working with local AC rental companies in Buffalo to provide supplemental cooling for both the athlete warm-up area and the judges’ area.
Average June temperatures in Buffalo are as follows:
Average highs: 75°F–80°F (24°C–27°C)
Average lows: 55°F–60°F (13°C–16°C)
SHOWS
2-21-26 Saturday, UMBC Men’s Halftime Show (game starts 1:00 pm) TRAVEL TEAM ONLY tickets will start to be emailed tonight/tomorrow
3-1-26 UMD Mens Basketball Halftime Show TRAVEL TEAM ONLY (game 12, arrive 11)-parents will carpool, no bus, those who carpool get parking passes!
3-5-26 Thursday Evening. Maryland City School in Laurel. COMPETITION TEAM
3-19-26 Thursday Evening- Southshore Elem TRAVEL AND PERFORMING TEAM
3-20-26 no school for HoCo-This is for travel team only, until there are more vehicles or drivers available. The show is 1 hr away, so we are starting with travel team, we want performing team to go, but we need willing parents/drivers
-there is a place to put in jumpers name if they have school
-we need parent willing to drive a rented 15 passenger van
-or we need parents willing to drive own van, will reimburse you for gas
email Coach Nicole if you can drive to and from, with a large vehicle, so we can take more jumpers
4-4-26 Travel and Perf team- HCRP Kidsfest (TBD)
4-6-26 (Monday/HoCo Spring Break) Travel and Performing Team, show 2:15 Roots and Wings
5-2-26 parade Winchester, VA, Travel and Performing Team
5-9-26 St Johns Lane Elem May Day Event
TIP OF THE WEEK
All the information about shows is in the sign up genius. PLEASE check there for each show. The link to each show, is in the google calendar. Click on the show, and you will see the sign up genius and the photo link. This tells you any information you need, if it is about parking, where to meet, how long the show is. We try to put all the information in one place.
THE GOOD NEWS: Keep commenting on our Facebook and Instagram Posts. This month we received $245 from facebook. Keep sharing our posts too! Thank you!
Nicole Meek
KANGAROO KIDS
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