April 2023
April Showers
Easter Egg Hunt
April Fools!
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We now have a registry, on-going, through Amazon.com. This allows benefactors to shop our current needs and have them directly shipped to PCK!
April-July Events:

*Northern Arizona Youth Advisory Council Fridays 9am-11am 4/14, 4/28, 5/12, 5/26

4/3 Easter Egg Card-making and crafts

4/5 Escape Room:
Egg Hunt House Competition!

4/7 movie - Mario Bros
thank you Super Dave!

4/10 Pollinator Project (Paper Towel Rolls)

4/14 fishing with cade @ green valley park and picnic

4/17 PCK Store
& seed planting

*Birthdays celebration 4/19

4/24 Trisha from Gila County - Dental Hygeine class

5/25 Last day of school/PCK Water Bash

5/26-5/30 PCK Closed (for Memorial Day)

5/31-6/29
PCK summer program
7:30am-4:00pm
Monday-Thursdays

7/31 Start of the new (2023-2024) school year!

*Quarterly House Competitions results will be in before end of the school year!
Did you know that meals are provided to PCK Children every day they attend PCK?

*Thank you so much to the generous individuals and businesses who are providing meals for PCK kids for the month of March:

*Corinne Morgan
*Sheryl Walker


If you are interested in being a part of the PCK meals program, or supporting PCK in some other way, please contact Inga by email at pck.marketing.inga@gmail.com
*Remote Learning Days/Snow Days mean PCK is Closed*

PCK's schedule follows the Payson Unified School District Schedule, and does not operate if there is no in-person school.

Parents/Caregivers should be sure to sign up for alerts from the school district.

You can do this by contacting the front office for your child's school, or through your infinite campus.
Questions on how to do this should be directed to the school your child attends.
Help us continue to have a robust program to serve the children in Payson. 

Make your tax creditable donation ($400 individual or $800 couple) by check to:

PCK
PO Box 1856,
Payson, AZ 85547

Donations made by April 18th, 2023, may be applied to the 2023 tax year.

Call for more information 
928-478-7160.
Service Spotlight
For the month of April, we want to celebrate Ms. Dar!
Ms. Dar has been diligently serving the children of PCK for years and has such a heart for the kids. She facilitates Girl Scouts on Mondays, assists with Stem on Wednesdays and is always there for homework help when not assisting with these programs.

Ms. Dar works to broaden children's horizons by encouraging deeper thinking as well as critical thinking. Her in-it-to-win-it attitude with the Easter Bunny Escape Rooms for our Easter Eggstravaganza, was huge in encouraging a positive competitive attitude in the kids.
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Who or What is PCK?
Payson Community Kids offers a safe and healthy after-school environment for local children to stay on pace in reading and homework, as well as socialize and have fun.

Our mission: to promote the healthy growth and development of Payson children through an after school program.

Each day, homework assistance, literacy programs, outdoor activities, computer class, STEM class 4-H, AZYP, dance with Susan Gastineau, crafts and recreational reading opportunities are available.

As part of our Friday Program, directed towards teens, PCK now hosts the Northern Arizona Youth Advisory Council. This is a program for teens intended to help foster leadership skills. They identify different social issues, discuss the issue, and then implement projects towards addressing the issue. The council (nicknamed YAC) meets bi-weekly at PCK and has eleven middle-school and 5th graders.

Dinner is provided daily by local restaurants, organizations, individuals, or through private donations.
If you would like to volunteer
even just one day a week, we always need friendly adults and teenagers to:

*Help supervise children during outdoor activities
*Be a reading buddy during recreational reading time
*Help with homework
*Facilitate and/or supervise craft activities during craft times

*You can donate as much time or as little as best fits your life! Even if you are only available one 3-hour day each month, we would be grateful for your time!

We want to give a TREMENDOUS thanks to our volunteers, without whom, PCK simply could not operate.
Community Events




Kaitie's Closet Distribution Calendar (Click for more details)
April 26


We are deeply grateful to the following businesses and organizations for their donations. Thank you so much for your support of PCK!
Payson Community Kids www.paysoncommunitykids.com