Wednesday Update, 3/25/26
Hello-
EVERYONE:
Next General Parent Board Meeting. Thursday, March 26th 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!
SPONSORSHIP: it’s easy to donate!
Kangaroo Kids is a 5013c non profit organization. We would like to encourage our families to send our sponsorship link to people or places that may want to support us! If you would like a certain organization contacted, or have any ideas, reach out to our Vice President Megan Davis at vicepresident@kangarookids.org, she will be happy to contact them.
If you too would like to be a FRIEND OF THE KANGAROO KIDS, that means you donate $50 and will be a name included on the back of our sponsorship shirts this year! You will also receive a shirt for this. Thank you. (The date for last donation to be included on the shirt is actually 5/1/26). If you know a business, or own a business, we sure would love them to be a sponsor, and we would put their graphic on the back of the shirts. These shirts are a way for the community to see the businesses involvement in our youth programs!
Please also share the sponsorship on your own social media pages. Maybe you have a friend or client that would like to support our organization. Thank you so much!
NO PRACTICES/CLASSES March 30-April 5.
Time change: Starting April 13, Mondays return to 4:30-6:30.
Starting April 9, Thursdays return to 4:30-6:30.
Alex's Dad, Tom McManuels, would like to organize a team outing to Sandy Spring Adventure Park on either May 25 or June 26 or 27.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XbOC3IOTmbcAF8zp59SjT0S5VPio7NPaWJJI8F-0__o/edit?usp=sharing (more info in last week's email)
BRING A FRIEND TO PRACTICE DAYS: Bring a friend to practice days! National Rope Skipping Day is on April 24. So to celebrate, performing team, bring a friend to practice on Wed April 29, and Travel Team, bring your friends to practice on Friday April 10.
FUNDRAISERS:
Red Robin Fundraiser scheduled for Tuesday, April 21st (all day)
WEDNESDAY MAY 6 from 2 to 9 pm! Yogi Castle 10132 Balt Natl Pike
TRAVEL AND PERFORMING TEAM:
I need travel team and performing team to sign up for the show on 4/16. The competition team has had 2 shows on Thursday nights, it is Travel Team's turn to have a show on a Thursday night. Please sign up!
COMPETITION TEAM:
Registration for our own April tournament is open. Register by April 10.
Thank you to Alex, Alyssa, Claire, Cora, Darby, Eliza, Emery, Jessica, Kaitlyn, Kallie, Lily, Lizzy, May, Phoebe, Riley, Samantha, Kenji , Tom and Rob for already registering!
Register for Nationals by March 31.
Thank you to: Alex, Ben, Claire, Darby, Jasmine, Kaitlyn, Kallie, Lily, May, Phoebe for already registering!
REGISTER FOR THE CAROLINA CLASSIC by April 19.
Thank you to Alyssa, Jasmine, Kaitlyn, Kallie, Lizzy for already registering.
JUMPERS-If you want different music than what we have on file for your freestyle events, it must be in to Michael by Sunday, April 5th!
JUDGES: next judges practice is tomorrow with Suna 3/26
JUNIOR COACHES:
Interested in coaching summer camp, been on travel team 2 or more years?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ojWWmi8zDXcTzqfN-g0TaqNAGfddO-aIgui0lhei87w/edit?usp=sharing
Been on travel team less than 2 years but want to volunteer your coaching time at summer camp?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PibRDo_-V3tGPr5EA7Ij0DwJYH5N-SSbDpwU1Nt1vhg/edit?usp=sharing
SHOWS:
4-4-26 Travel and Perf team- HCRP Kidsfest 11:00-11:45 am. ARRIVAL 10:30, read about parking
JUMPERS AGED 12 and under. You get a free wristband to participate in the events after. https://www.howardcountymd.gov/kids-fest
4-6-26 (Monday/HoCo Spring Break) Travel and Performing Team, show 2:15 Roots and Wings
GO ON THE LINK AND CHANGE YOUR AVAILABILITY IF NEED TO DO SO
signed up: Owen, Cadence, Elaine, Dharshini, Elaine
Julia, Riley, Phoebe, Alex, Tess, Annie, Phoebe, Claire
4-7-26 PARENT HELP ONLY
Beginning of classes paperwork and rope sales
4-16-26 Thursday, for TRAVEL and PERFORMING (not anyone on competition team)
TVMS (Thomas Viaduct Middle School) HHES (Hanover Hills Elem School) 5-7 pm
This is NOT your typical show, this is turning ropes for people in attendance and handing out summer camp and class fliers
I NEED SOME SIGN UPS ON THIS ONE!
NEW!! 4-18-26 Forest Ridge Elem School Travel and Performing Team
Arrive 10:30 am, show 11-11:30
5-2-26 parade Winchester, VA, (Travel and Performing Team) this is a bus ride to and from Time has not been determined to arrive. It will be around 11 or so to leave and back around 4 pm.
THE PARADE DOES NOT KNOW THE LINEUP UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL. So the exact time for our arrival, place in the parade, and time back is not determined yet.
5-9-26 St Johns Lane Elem May Day Event (Travel and Performing Team)
5-30-26 CF Walk at Centennial Park (Travel and Performing Team) around noon
End-of-Year picnic celebration will be 6-12-26 at 6 pm
COME SEE ME!
Cora S - 10th gr (Travel Team & Comp Team) says:
Please join us next Wednesday evening, March 25th, 2026 at 7pm for the Mt. Hebron Guitar Showcase 2026. Come out for a fun evening of guitar featuring many wonderful styles of music. Sing along, clap along, bring a guitar if you like. The Mt. Hebron and Patapsco Middle guitarists have put together a terrific show for everyone to enjoy. Doors open at 6:45pm. We hope to see you all there! (likely to be an hour to hour and a half performance) Cora is in a few different groups that will be showcased.
GYMKANA:
Lifetime Kangaroo Kids Members Jake Amster and John Moses will be in the awesome Gymkana show! If you have never been, it is quite a treat!
Gymkana Home Show | University of Maryland | School of Public Health
April 10 at 7 pm & 11 at 6:30 pm, 2026
Xfinity Center
Come celebrate Gymkana's 80 year history at this year's annual Home Show!Prepare to be dazzled and captivated as we invite you to experience the epitome of athleticism, grace, and sheer excitement. Established in 1946, The University of Maryland Gymkana Troupe has proudly showcased the unparalleled talents of its members, who defy gravity with their awe-inspiring performances. tickets $25 adult, $19 youth
THE GOOD NEWS:
On Fri March 20, we performed at 2 schools in Port Deposit MD. The school was so, so thankful and so excited. They bought every kid in the school a jump rope. They were so excited to have us, and said, we had better see those Kangaroo Kids again! The principal even jumped with us, and he said it was a fantastic assembly, he was very pleased at the level of athleticism and fun, and the coordinator from the PTA said she was so, so impressed with how our jumpers, taught and interacted with the kids from the audience. She was so happy to see young people that could handle themselves and be so great and interactive!
Nicole Meek
DIRECTOR KANGAROO KIDS
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