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Service Learning Projects for Classes

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:37:08 +0000

Service learning is a powerful experience for students, and an important component of global education. Global education should be opening eyes and minds to justice and empathy. In service learning, students engage in the local or wider community while trying to make the world a better place. I’ve come up with this list of 18 service...

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Make a Difference: Street Mutts Around the World

kidworldcitizen — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 03:36:02 +0000

~Melissa Palomo If you’ve ever traveled internationally, you’ve probably seen them. The dogs that sleep on the side of the road, searching through the trash or hunting for scraps, looking for their next meal. Puppies wandering after their mother, a mangy dog deftly dodging traffic. Street mutts are everywhere, and tug at our heartstrings. But...

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Shoe-Cutting Party for Sole Hope: Helping Kids in Uganda Live Healthier Lives

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:53:20 +0000

Every year our Girl Scout troop picks a service project that we can do as a Mother-Daughter event. We’ve helped packed lunches for kids in need, made blankets for kids in the hospital through Project Linus, and this year, we held a shoe-cutting party for Sole Hope. (see a list of fantastic service projects for kids...

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Service Project for Kids: Working to Eradicate Childhood Hunger

kidworldcitizen — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:31:27 +0000

Did you know that 1 in 5 kids is at risk for childhood hunger, affecting every county in the US?! That means that 16 million kids in the US aren’t getting the food they need. It’s mind-blowing, it’s tragic, and it’s in our own backyards. My kids and I recently connected with a local organization called Lunches...

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Teachers Change Lives! Office Depot: Adopt-A-Classroom Program

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:23:05 +0000

Teachers change lives! When you think back to your childhood, can you think of a teacher who woke up your curiosity and inspired you to dream big? Do you have a favorite teacher that believed in you, challenged and pushed you- or has changed the lives of your children? Office Depot and Adopt-A-Classroom have partnered to raise awareness...

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Service Projects for Kids: Teaching Kids about Fundraising

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:51:49 +0000

Multicultural Kid Blogs is proud to announce that this year we are joining in the US Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service by challenging our readers (and ourselves!) to take the time to do service with our children. Members are sharing ideas about the kinds of service work they have done with their kids....

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Go Abroad with your Family: Volunteer!

kidworldcitizen — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:15:21 +0000

Have you ever thought about doing a family volunteer trip? How many times has your family been on the same beach trip or vacationed repeatedly at the local amusement park? When you are ready to look for a new and enriching opportunity for you and your children, it is worth your while to investigate international...

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7 Great Lessons to Teach Kids about Hunger and Food Insecurity

kidworldcitizen — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 04:23:26 +0000

September is Hunger Action Month and I am joining together with many other moms, educators, talented writers and bloggers to teach kids about hunger and share various activities, ideas, children’s books, etc. to create awareness about hunger through social media and globally to raise awareness and/or funds to help end hunger. Read Moms Fighting Hunger 30/Sept/2012...

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35+ Service Projects for Kids

kidworldcitizen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:28:52 +0000

Here is a list of service projects for kids and opportunities for kids to volunteer within their community that will empower kids with responsibility, engage their compassion, and offer them the chance to affect the lives of others. Service projects to serve the elderly, service projects working with younger children, service projects that help the...

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Random Acts of Kindness for Kids

kidworldcitizen — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:54:19 +0000

We’ve been invited to participate in the “100 Acts of Kindness” project, where participants are challenged to accomplish 100 Acts of Kindness over the next four weeks and participate in each weekly challenge (there will be four simple ones). We decided to challenge ourselves to do as many Random Acts of Kindness that we could...

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Kids Doing Community Service

kidworldcitizen — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:35:25 +0000

Gandhi is attributed as saying “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” If one of our goals as parents is to raise compassionate and responsible children, our children need to witness empathy, kindness, and respect towards others… and put these character traits into action. Families that do community service not...

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Teaching Kids about Empathy

kidworldcitizen — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:15:04 +0000

Teaching kids about empathy works different for each child. Some are born compassionate, and other kids have trouble thinking about others’ emotions. Seven year old Viviana, (my oldest daughter) sat in the mulch at the base of the slide, watching as the other kids ran by, laughing and playing. Whenever any of the kids got...

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“Girl Forward:” Mentoring Program for Refugee Girls

kidworldcitizen — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:52:38 +0000

This fascinating interview with Charlotte Stroumza, Safe Spaces Project Coordinator for Girl Forward, discuss their non-profit in Chicago that provides adolescent refugee girls with individual mentorship, educational programs, and leadership opportunities. Becky: When did you first become interested in international issues? How important is it for our youth to learn about the world outside of...

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