A group of ladies known as Women of Vision, part of a volunteer ministry called World Vision, donate their time and personal resources to help women less fortunate than themselves. The Eastside chapter now includes their children in its fund-raising efforts.

“It’s important for us that our kids are exposed to poverty,” member Amy Hunter said.

On Tuesday, July 1, about 14 of their children sold lemonade and home-baked treats in front of Village Foods in Snoqualmie to raise money for caregiver kits, which cost $28 to put together. In three hours, the children raised more than $300 from their goods. Although the children who helped in the fund-raiser do not belong to a formal group, they consider themselves Children of Vision.

“This helps so many kids all around the world,” 9-year-old Grayson Kaess said.

Tuesday’s lemonade and bake sale was the first in a series the group plans to hold around the Valley.

In the fall, the group will purchase the materials to assemble the bright orange medical kits and send them to people in Africa who are living in areas affected by the AIDS epidemic.

Last year Women of Vision assembled and sent 228 kits to Africa.