Our Programs

The Loukoumi children’s book series and its programs, projects and partnerships form the cornerstone of our mission and outreach to more than 150,000 children and young adults in 30 countries worldwide every year, providing them early and meaningful opportunities to experience the joy of helping others while building self-confidence, learning teamwork skills, showing compassion for others and respecting the environment - life skills essential for tomorrow’s service leaders. We sponsor a curriculum in schools around the world, the Loukoumi Foundation Treatment Room at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Chef Maria Loi/Loukoumi Foundation Teaching Kitchen for the homeless at the Floating Hospital in Long Island City, the Make A Difference With Loukoumi Exhibit at the Westchester Children’s Museum, the Never Forget Letter Mailbox in Gander Newfoundland Canada for families who lost loved ones on 9-11 and other programs in cities worldwide.

DREAM DAY

The Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation makes kids career dreams come true. Based on our book, Growing Up With Loukoumi, our Dream Day contest gives kids the opportunity to spend a day in their dream day careers. Learn more

LOUKOUMI FEEDS THE HUNGRY

Our Loukoumi Feeds the Hungry program has children cooking nutritious meals in venues including the Chef Maria Loi/Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation Teaching Kitchen at the Floating Hospital in Long Island City and then bringing the food they cook to area homeless shelters. The program also teaches children and young adults the important role good nutrition plays in their physical and mental wellness as they prepare and serve warm meals to local persons in need. In preparing the meals, children learn about the health benefits of fresh, organic ingredients and how to combine them in nutritionally rich, balanced and sustainable meals. In serving the meals, children learn invaluable lessons about the fragility of our social fabric and how caring for those in need builds strong communities that value the dignity of every member.
 

Loukoumi Foundation treatment room at st. jude children’s research hospital

The Loukoumi Foundation has raised over $105,000 to sponsor a treatment room at St. Jude predominantly from the donations of children. www.fundraising.stjude.org/Loukoumi

National make a difference MONTH

The highlight of the Loukoumi Make a Difference Foundation’s year is Make A Difference Month, and now through our many partners nationwide, over 150,000 kids are now making a difference with Loukoumi on Make A Difference Month. Each year we sponsor Loukoumi Good Deed Bus Tours where school buses filled with kids visit good deed stops on Make A Difference Month doing good deeds at each. In October 2022 we celebratd events in 22 countries. Learn More

SCHOOL CURRICULUM

The Loukoumi Make a Difference Foundation created an eight-part, interactive curriculum based on the Loukoumi book series developing social and professional skills essential to the success of tomorrow’s service leaders. The curriculum and supplemental materials are now in over 300 schools and institutions worldwide. Through our Good Deed Curriculum we design a program based on the school's needs and resources and what is best suited for the students. We ask the students to advise us what it is that they are interested in and how they want to change the world, and then we create projects with them. Students visit, animal shelters, homeless shelters, children’s hospitals, they clean up parks for the environment, they cook for the homeless, and raise money for their favorite charities, among other projects.

For more information on our curriculum email us at info@loukoumifoundation.org