Our Mission

Using the power of puppetry, our mission is to educate children about social concerns and differences, giving them skills to stay safe and healthy.

Kids on the Block, Inc. is an award-winning international educational program created in 1977 by Barbara Aiello. It was originally created when "mainstreaming" children became a law. It was designed to help introduce children with special needs into school classrooms. The program uses child size puppets to carry out its mission.

The highly trained puppeteers use a form of puppetry called Bunraku. They are dressed in black and become shadows behind the puppet. The puppets have distinctive personalities and portray, through carefully scripted material, a world of real life situations. As our puppets come to life, children identify with them and open up to them as if they were trusted friends. Our hope is to prevent problems before they happen. We want to empower children, teaching them the skills to stay safe and healthy.

Chattanooga's Kids on the Block is a licensed child abuse prevention agency in the state of Tennessee.

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Featured Sponsor

Special thanks goes out to Big River Grille & Brewing Works for their continued support.

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Featured Event

26th Annual Holiday Giftwrap to be held on Thursday, December 10th through Thursday, December 24th at Hamilton Place Mall.

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CKOB News

26th Annual Holiday Giftwrap

The rush of the upcoming holiday season is upon the community and with it a seasonal favorite will make its way back to Hamilton Place beginning December 10th at 10am.

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AT & T Presents Check to Chattanooga's Kids on the Block

MaryStewart Lewis, AT&T Regional Director, Southeast Tennessee presented a check in the amount of $1,500.00 to Chattanooga's Kids on the Block.

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Our Sponsors

To all our sponsors we would like to say Thank You! Your support enables us to continue our mission of keeping children safe.

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United Way of Greater Chattanooga