Elishea – Our Pilloroo Kid of the Week

Our Pilloroo Kid this week is a top entrepreneur in her 5th grade class at Crestwood Elementary in Visalia.  During the class’s weekly marketplace she sells scented playdough at her business Playdough World.  The first week she priced her playdough at $1.00 a bag and sold out.  What did she do the second week?  She [...]

Ethan – Our Pilloroo Kid of the Week

Our Pilloroo Kid of the Week is Ethan.  Ethan is 2 years old and enjoys running, jumping, and playing.   A super fun kid, very rarely does he slow down.  When he does stop to take a nap, he has his monkey and his custom ordered Pilloroo.  What a cute Pilloroo Kid.  Keep up the [...]

Fresno State Students Making a Difference

Every week we highlight great kids.  This week Pilloroo would like to recognize 8 remarkable students from Fresno State University.  This group of marketing students set out to break a World Record for collecting the most plush toys.  In true Fresno State style they knocked it out of the park!  The existing record was 6,00o toys. [...]

Pilloroo Kids of the Week – Crestwood 5th Graders

This week we have an extra exciting 90 Pilloroo Kids of the Week.  The 5th graders at Crestwood Elementary School in Visalia, California deserve a big shout out.  I visited Crestwood on Wednesday to talk about Entrepreneurship.  These students are starting a unit where they will transform their classroom into a mini classroom economy.  They [...]

Ashlee – Pilloroo Kid of the Week

Founder of Ashlee’s Toy Closet
When good intentions couple with a big dream, nothing is impossible.  Ashlee lives in Reno, Nevada and at the young age of 8 has founded an organization dedicated to helping young victims of disasters.  She has sent care packages full of toys to children affected by disasters big and small from [...]

Dylan – Our Pilloroo Kid of the Week

 
 
Here’s Dylan on her bed with her Pilloroo and her journal.  She is a very outgoing little girl.  With a warm smile, a gentle spirit, and boundless energy, she is always looking out for her friends and siblings, and is never shy to stand up for what’s right.
Even though she’s only begun to write full [...]

Carly Our Pilloroo Kid of the Week

 
What defines a Pilloroo Kid?  Someone who takes playing and having fun seriously!  Carly is so serious about her climbing and swinging on the monkey bars, she has calluses on her hands.  Now that’s a Pilloroo Kid! Keep up the fun Carly!
 
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Katie – The Pilloroo Kid of the Week

The time to hunt Easter eggs is almost here.  Katie is a great hunter of Easter eggs.  What her parents really love is that she always helps her little cousins and she shares.  I’m sure the Easter bunny is always happy to visit Katie.
 
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Blake – Pilloroo Kid of the Week

 
Everyone love cupcakes, but our Kid of the Week is using this sweet treat to make a difference, one crumb at a time.  A chemo survivor herself, Blake was inspired by a young friend’s own battle with leukemia.  Pulling together a “Cupcake Crew“, Blake and her friends began selling cupcakes for a dollar in their [...]

Addi and Cassi – Pilloroo Kids of the Week

Meet Addi and Cassi.  Adorable identical twins, Addi and Cassi are happy and vivacious 5 year olds who live in Reno, Nevada with their mom and dad.   These two little girls are inspiring people world wide.  They have a devastating rare disease called Niemann Pick Type C (NPC) disease, frequently referred to as the “Childhood [...]