I have been talking a lot about our Kids on the Block (KOB) puppet shows and I thought that I would make a special post to clarify the purpose and execution of these.
These puppet shows are conducted exclusively by team members who were trained at orientation. They perform 3 skits which cover the disabilties of Cerebral Palsy, Blindness, and Down Syndrome. There are two teams of 7 performers on each team.
The crowd for these performances is generally composed of elementary and middle-school age children without disabilities. The skits have a question and answer session at the end that offer the children watching an opportunity to ask the characters questions that they may be too nervous or timid to ask a person with a real disability.
KOB performances are always fun for the team because there is often a section that allows for improvisation making each performance unique. They also provide a way to achieve one of the chief tenets of Push America: Spreading Awareness.
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