Let Kids 'Pen Pal' the Safe Way

Let Kids 'Pen Pal' the Safe Way

Children's Safe Social Network Pen Pal Kids Club, is Free the Month of July!

Pen Pal Kids Club has 1000's of Kids in over 80 Countries, Pen Pal'ing one another. In less than one month, Pen Pal Kids Club has become a global brand and to celebrate it is offering the month of July (2011) FREE!

CARMEL, Calif., July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pen Pal Kids Club http://www.penpalkidsclub.com/, the world's only safe, translated international social network for children, today announced the memberships to the website are free this month. "The landscape of Social Networking for kids has changed enormously and we are celebrating," announced by Shelley A. Aliotti, Creator / Co-Founder.

Christina Grana a Hollywood, CA producer was recently interviewed and commented,  "As a busy working mother of two, I do not always have the time to look over my boys shoulders. Yet they want Facebook and Twitter accounts. I have not given in."  Grana continued that a friend made her aware of the new site, "Once I heard that kids can safely use Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids, play online games that have educational foundations. .and most of all discover Pen Pal Kids from around the World, I signed us up." She continued with, " We have relatives in Italy and the boys have traveled there since they were really young...this allows them to continue those relationships in a fun way for them with the translated Pen Pal (virtual) Post Cards…they are having a blast.  Most of all I feel comfortable."

"To celebrate the magic that these kids are communicating, we are offering free memberships to the world throughout the month of July [2011]," stated Pen Pal Kids Club CEO Co-Founder John A. Aliotti. This was announced at a Grand Opening celebration in Carmel Valley, CA.  At that event, Mom Bloggers were celebrating the site's launch, as they video-conferenced Pen Pal Kids Club headquarters.  Influential Mom Bloggers joined from New Jersey / New York areas to Fargo ND, Austin TX, Los Angeles CA to Columbus OH, where Mayor Michael Coleman presented Pen Pal Kids Club with a Letter of Recognition for its educational outreach to children.

Many of today's parents grew up with pen pals—friends from other parts of the world with whom they exchanged letters. Pen Pal Kids Club fosters these nostalgic relationships, but takes it to a new level, thanks to Pen Pal Kids Club Postcards, which are automated and filtered into safe translations in seven key languages .Here, kids will establish their likes, interests and country-locations all within the safety of an avatar which protect their personal identities. The automatic translations are in English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, French, Italian and German.

Within the Pen Pal Kids Club site, high quality, fresh and relevant information is provided through an exclusive partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids.  This database is the world-leading online encyclopedia that has been collecting and offering data since 1768.  This partnership ensures that every child gets age-appropriate and accurate text, graphs and videos around the clock, without any links to take them off of the PPKC site.

Pen Pal Kids Club's interactive games entertain, as well as teach about other countries and their cultures. Some of these games include:

Trivial Travails! - How much do you know about the world? Compete against 3 other members, from around the world...in real-time, to answer fast-paced quiz questions. The first one to make a trail from one side of the board to the other is the winner.

Fare Fair! - Help customers choose a meal that is native to their country. Learn to recognize and associate foreign words, foods and currencies, but work quickly before time runs out.

They're There! - Search through interesting scenes and monuments to find hidden objects. Find them all before time runs out and you win…and much more.

Pen Pal Kids Club is a virtual community where real kids learn from and inspire each other via pen-pal'ing online as a modern spin on the nostalgic "pen pal relationships." Through virtual postcards from their pen pals, kids can share with each other on a global basis and receive translated responses in their language.  While it feels like fun and play, children will also gain insights into other cultures from around the world.

The online security of Pen Pal Kids Club members is of utmost priority, thus their parents are in control of how their children may communicate. "Pen Pal Kids Club is wrapped in a security blanket," says John A. Aliotti.

"Through the latest in technology and around-the-clock monitoring by administrators, Pen Pal Kids Club ensures that no inappropriate activities are taking place," Aliotti also adds, "We also believe it is up to the parent to have full control of his or her child's activities with their personal Parent Controls within the site. This ensures that a child is only able to share as much information and content as his or her parent is comfortable with." Pen Pal Kids Club is fully compliant with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) http://www.coppa.org/. 

About Pen Pal Kids Club

http://www.penpalkidsclub.com/, is the only 'Global Social-Network edu-tainment website for children'.  They can EXPLORE, PLAY & SHARE with pen pals around the world in a safe environment. This website is the continuation of the children's book that Mrs. Aliotti wrote, illustrated and published 1995—My Pen Pal Scrapbook: An Educational Journey Through World Cultures©. The Pen Pal Kids Club website combines the elements of education, socialization and play, allowing kids to break down geographic and cultural barriers in a nostalgic fun, secure and interactive atmosphere. 

For More Information:
Mitch Carley / VP Marketing
Pen Pal Kids Club, Inc.
13766 Center Street, Suite 211
Carmel Valley, CA 93924
Email:mailto: mitch@penpalkidsclub.com
Phone: (831) 659-4434  © 2011 all rights reserved, Pen Pal Kids Club Inc.

Thousands of Kids in over 75 Countries are now ‘Pen Pals’ on Pen Pal Kids Club.

Within days of launching, families from around the world have joined Pen Pal Kids Club global website. Carmel, California, June 30, 2011 / PR Newswire (MultiVu) / — Pen Pal Kids Club <www.penpalkidsclub.com>, the world’s only safe, translated international social network for children, today announced its explosive success as an instant global-brand. Pen Pal Kids Club is an edutainment website where kids can freely EXPLORE, PLAY & SHARE with other kids around the world. ”I have always believed that if kids had the opportunity to experience one another on a ‘global playground,’ learned prejudices would be virtually non-existent.” says Pen Pal Kids Club Creator and Co-Founder Shelley A. Aliotti. “Here is that opportunity, and the number of countries already embracing each other speaks for itself. Families have joined by seeing the electronic billboards in Times Square, New York to Las Vegas, NV…UK, Russia, Australia, Japan, China, Africa and remote areas we have never even heard of…,” she added.
“To celebrate the magic that these kids around the world are already having, we are offering free memberships to the world throughout the month of July [2011],” stated Pen Pal Kids Club CEO Co-Founder John A. Aliotti at a recent Grand Opening celebration in Carmel Valley, CA.  At that event, Mom Bloggers were celebrating the site’s launch, as they video-conferenced Pen Pal Kids Club headquarters.  Influential Mom-Bloggers joined from New Jersey / New York areas to Fargo ND, Austin TX, Los Angeles CA to Columbus OH, where Mayor Michael Coleman proclaimed June 11, 2011 Pen Pal Kids Club Day.

Many of today’s parents grew up with pen pals—friends from other parts of the world with whom they exchanged letters. Pen Pal Kids Club fosters these nostalgic relationships, but takes it to a new level, thanks to Pen Pal Kids Club Postcards, which are automated and filtered safe translations in seven key languages. Here, kids will establish their likes, interests and country-locations all within the safety of an avatar which protect their personal identities. The automatic translations are in English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, French, Italian and German.

Within the Pen Pal Kids Club site, high quality, fresh and relevant information is provided through an exclusive partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids.  This database is the world-leading online encyclopedia that has been collecting and offering data since 1768.  This partnership ensures that every child gets age-appropriate and accurate text, graphs and videos around the clock, without any links to take them off of the PPKC site.

Pen Pal Kids Club’s interactive games entertain, as well as teach about other countries and their cultures. Some of these games include:

Trivial Travails! - How much do you know about the world? Compete against 3 other members, from around the world...in real-time, to answer fast-paced quiz questions. The first one to make a trail from one side of the board to the other is the winner.

Fare Fair! - Help customers choose a meal that is native to their country. Learn to recognize and associate foreign words, foods and currencies, but work quickly before time runs out.

They're There! - Search through interesting scenes and monuments to find hidden objects. Find them all before time runs out and you win…and much more.

Pen Pal Kids Club is a virtual community where real kids learn from and inspire each other via pen-pal’ing online as a modern spin on the nostalgic “pen pal relationships.” Through virtual postcards from their pen pals, kids can share with each other on a global basis and receive translated responses in their language.  While it feels like fun and play, children will also gain insights into other cultures from around the world.

The online security of Pen Pal Kids Club members is of utmost priority, thus their parents are in control of how their children may communicate. “Pen Pal Kids Club is wrapped in a security blanket.” says John A. Aliotti.

 “Through the latest in technology and around-the-clock monitoring by administrators, Pen Pal Kids Club ensures that no inappropriate activities are taking place.” Aliotti also adds, “We also believe it is up to the parent to have full control of his or her child’s activities with their personal Parent Controls within the site. This ensures that a child is only able to share as much information and content as his or her parent is comfortable with.” Pen Pal Kids Club is fully compliant with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) www.coppa.org. Pen Pal Kids Club has also recently earned the TRUSTe <www.truste.com> Seal of Safety.

The feature most notably differentiates Pen Pal Kids Club from other websites is its strong educational curriculum. According to the site’s Chief Developer, John Geiger of Tracer Media <www.tracermedia.com>, “By establishing a solid educational foundation that is aligned to national standards, the site will not only complement existing educational materials but will also provide content that will foster engaging and meaningful interactions.”

About Pen Pal Kids Club

www.penpalkidsclub.com, is the only 'Global Social-Network edu-tainment website for children'.  They can EXPLORE, PLAY & SHARE with pen pals around the world in a safe environment. This website is the continuation of the children's book that Mrs. Aliotti wrote, illustrated and published 1995—My Pen Pal Scrapbook: An Educational Journey Through World Cultures©. The Pen Pal Kids Club website combines the elements of education, socialization and play, allowing kids to break down geographic and cultural barriers in a nostalgic fun, secure and interactive atmosphere. 
 

For More Information:  

Mitch Carley / VP Marketing

Pen Pal Kids Club, Inc.

13766 Center Street, Suite 211

Carmel Valley, CA 93924

Email: mitch@penpalkidsclub.com

Phone: (831) 659-4434 / Fax: (831) 917-3107

© 2011 all rights reserved, Pen Pal Kids Club, Inc.

Crunch Time!

Yes, it's official - t-minus roughly 24 hours until penpalkidsclub.com goes live! Our team is so excited to bring you the absolute best in edu-tainment that may help your kids discover global relationships that may last a lifetime.

Speaking of excitement, check out our billboard on the Las Vegas Strip. WOW!!!

All flash aside, this week has made me very nostalgic. Did you have a penpal when you were growing up? I did. Her name was Alice (pronounced Ah-lees) and she lived in the Loire Valley in France. Everyday, I waited by the mailbox, hoping for a letter from her. The days when her letters came, everything just seemed...better - the sun seemed to shine a little brighter, and I ceased to be an ordinary 9 year old because this magical person on the other side of the world thought I was important enough to write to on a regular basis. We continued to send each other pictures and letters throughout the years, but we eventually lost touch. Even now, I still want to visit her region and experience the world through her eyes, and I wish this transforming sense of wonder for your child.

Counting Down the Days

We're almost there! This Saturday, penpalkidsclub.com goes live and we're so excited about finally being able to let you see what we've been working on! In addition to checking out our site, you'll be able to talk to us "live" on Twitter and Facebook, and we can't wait to meet you!

For me, this is the culmination of my dream of being able to let kids experience each other on a "global playground." I genuinely believe that our website will let kids get to know each other in a very real way without the built-in barriers of culture and distance. Truly, PenPal Kids Club is the only site where kids can safely EXPLORE, PLAY & SHARE with penpals around the world!

If that wasn't exciting enough, we now have a billboard in TIMES SQUARE!

Kids Social Networking is now SAFE with PenPal Kids Club

Pen Pals are just a click away—Pen Pal Kids Club is a safe online environment where kids can discover global-relationships that may last a lifetime.

Carmel, California, June 2, 2011 / PR Newswire (MultiVu) / — Pen Pal Kids Club, "the safe social network for kids around the world"TM today announced its’ global launch. Pen Pal Kids Club is an edutainment website where kids can freely SHARE, EXPLORE & PLAY with other kids around the world. ”I have always believed that if kids had the opportunity to experience one another on a ‘global playground,’ learned prejudices would be virtually non-existent.” says Pen Pal Kids Club Creator and Co-Founder Shelley A. Aliotti. “Here is that opportunity,’ she adds.

  Many of today’s parents grew up with pen pals—friends from other parts of the world with whom they exchanged letters. Pen Pal Kids Club fosters these nostalgic relationships, but takes it to a new-level, thanks to the automated and filtered safe translations in seven key languages, of the Pen Pal Kids Club Postcards. Here kids will establish their likes, interests and country-locations all within the safety of an avatar which protect their personal identities.

 The automatic translations are in English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, French, Italian and German.

  Within the Pen Pal Kids Club site, high quality, fresh and relevant information is provided through an exclusive partnership with Encyclopædia Britannica for Kids.  This database is the world-leading online encyclopedia that has been collecting and offering data since 1768.  This partnership ensures that every child gets age-appropriate and accurate text, graphs and videos around the clock, without any links to take them off the PPKC site.

  Pen Pal Kids Club’s interactive games entertain, as well as teach about other countries and their cultures. Some of these games include:

  Trivial Travails! - How much do you know about the world? Compete against 3 other members, from around the world...in real-time, to answer fast-paced quiz questions. The first one to make a trail from one side of the board to the other is the winner.

  Fare Fair! - Help customers choose a meal that is native to their country. Learn to recognize and associate foreign words, foods and currencies, but work quickly before time runs out.

  They're There! - Search through interesting scenes and monuments to find hidden objects. Find them all before time runs out and you win…and much more…

  Pen Pal Kids Club is a virtual community where real kids learn from and inspire each other via pen-pal’ing online as a modern spin on the nostaglic “pen pal relationships.” Through virtual postcards from their pen pals, kids can share with each other on a global basis and receive translated responses in their language.  While it feels like fun and play, children will also gain insights into other cultures from around the world.

  The online security of Pen Pal Kids Club members is of utmost priority, thus their parents are in control of how their children may communicate. “Pen Pal Kids Club is wrapped in a security blanket.” says Pen Pal Kids Club Co-Founder John A. Aliotti.

  “Through the latest in technology and around-the-clock monitoring by administrators, Pen Pal Kids Club ensures that no inappropriate activities are taking place…guaranteed.” Aliotti also adds, “We also believe it is up to the parent to have full control of his or her child’s activities with their personal Parent Controls within the site. This ensures that a child is only able to share as much information and content as his or her parent is comfortable with.” PPKC is fully compliant with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). PPKC has recently earned the TRUSTe seal of safety.

  The feature most notably differentiates Pen Pal Kids Club from other websites is its strong educational curriculum. According to the site’s Chief Developer, John Geiger of Tracer Media, “By establishing a solid educational foundation that is aligned to national standards, the site will not only complement existing educational materials but will also provide content that will foster engaging and meaningful interactions.”

About Pen Pal Kids Club, is the only 'Global Social-Network edu-tainment website for children'.  They can SHARE, EXPLORE & PLAY with pen pals around the world in a safe environment. This website is the continuation of the children's book that Mrs. Aliotti wrote, illustrated and published 1995—My Pen Pal Scrapbook: An Educational Journey Through World Cultures©. The Pen Pal Kids Club website combines the elements of education, socialization and play, allowing kids to break down geographic and cultural barriers in a nostalgic fun, secure and interactive atmosphere. 
 

For More Information:  

Mitch Carley / VP Marketing

Pen Pal Kids Club, Inc.

13766 Center Street, Suite 211

Carmel Valley, CA 93924

Email: mitch@penpalkidsclub.com

Phone: (831) 659-4434 

© 2011 all rights reserved, Pen Pal Kids Club, Inc.

Summer will soon be here for Kids!

Mom, Dad, Grandparents, Guardians', soon you will have those interested-minds at home instead of School.  Pen Pal Kids Club will provide you a safe, fun Internet site available around the clock to help you.  Imagine having your children ask to be a part of a Kids Social-Network that is as educational as it is fun.  Please watch the preview Video at www.penpalkidsclub.com and sign up to be notified as soon as the site is available for free trial-use.  Thanks for stopping by again.  Shelley

Why does Pen Pal Kids Club full membership cost?

In order to insure your Child’s safety at Pen Pal Kids Club we are charging a modest fee.  This fee allows us to Guarantee that there is no outside influences or pop-up-advertising that might entice and subject your Child to people and areas of the internet that are not appropriate.  

  In addition charging a modest fee, it allows us to;

Employ REAL PEOPLE ‘LIFEGUARDS’ – that are on the site around the clock, monitoring and addressing any issues that might arise…just like Lifeguards at the Pool.

Continue to create custom LEARNING CONTENT – that meet and exceeds local, state and national standards.

Meet and exceed the CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION ACT, please visit www.copacommission.org for details...

...and more - thanks again for checking in.  Shelley

My Pen Pal Scrapbook history...

In 1995 I created the original concept for the Pen Pal Kids Club, with the introduction of the ‘My Pen Pal Scrapbook’. My Pen Pal Scrapbook is a compilation of letters from Pen Pals in 16 different countries.  Each letter I brought to life with mementos, artifacts, photographs, drawings, postcards, stamps and maps that helped illustrate the similarities and differences among the children represented.

  I am very proud to say that ‘My Pen Pal Scrapbook’, is still being used worldwide. We are planning on offering an electronic version of the Scrapbook on www.penpalkidsclub.com, to Children around the world…for free.

Thanks again and we hope to see you back soon.  Shelley

How did Pen Pal Kids Club happen...

For those of you that have been asking me how I came up with Pen Pal Kids Club, well as the overview video states (at www.penpalkidsclub.com), I had a Pen Pal as a young girl.  That relationship really changed my life.  In fact I continued to create kid-related ideas with my husband John.  He and I created a number of Children’s retail items, for over twenty years.  We offered custom creative consulting to owning multiple factories producing wholesale and retail products that were sold worldwide.  The most popular of these self-created brands were, Favorite-Things, Terry Treasures and the very famous “BUILDABLES”. We featured on national TV, Radio, Newspapers and more.


www.penpalkidsclub.com will be "the safe social network for kids around the world" TM  - this interactive, educational website is the continuation of the children's book that I wrote, illustrated and published in 1995© My Pen Pal Scrapbook, An Educational Journey Through World Cultures.  PPKC combines many of the same elements: education, socialization and exploring, and it too, allowed kids to break down geographic and cultural barriers while having fun in a safe and secure interactive atmosphere.  In back of the book was a form for a 'hands-on' pen Pal Club for kids that I maintained for years while traveling to various schools nationally giving presentations.

We live in the Monterey Peninsula area and travel extensively. We have been married for 37 years and we have two daughters, two sons and 6 grandchildren…the flowers in the garden of life.

Thanks for stopping and check back soon, 
Shelley A. Aliotti

Welcome to Pen Pal Kids Club!

Welcome to the ‘official’ first entry of The Pen Pal Kids Club Blog.  I am offering this Blog to everyone who might have any interest in Pen Pal Kids Club.

Here’s a fast overview…

With John (my husband) I have created Pen Pal Kids Club to be a single-source website where Kids have a safe, engaging virtual community. This is not your average pretend, avatar-based virtual world.  It’s one in which real kids from around the world will explore, play and share with each other in real-time – ultimately learning and inspiring one another.

Please visit www.penpalkidsclub.com for a fast and easy to understand video…thanks for the interest.

‘The world is just a friend away!’

Shelley

...I will have weekly updates or even more as we get closer to our launch!