Teaching Compassion & Care through Community Service for Animals
My students need books to learn about animals living in shelters and fleece fabric to create blankets as a community service project to donate to our local shelter.
$275 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
Picture a group of kids who are growing up in homeless, transitional, or semi-permanent housing. That's my room. As one of the few states that guarantee family housing, our shelters are overflowing. The state has purchased temporary apartment housing near our school, and well over half of our population is in our area for a short, undetermined amount of time. With one hundred percent of our student body receiving free breakfast, lunch and snack, school is their safe place, for many of our student body, it is their safe haven.
Despite obstacles that would be too much for many adults, they remain bright, funny, and fun-loving, and they really enjoy the safety and security that school brings.
Our school not only keeps the kids safe, but it's a place where learning comes alive and is so much fun!
My Project
Our classroom is big on learning compassion through doing. I'd like to introduce the idea of shelter animals to my students as, well as the ever important idea of finding a forever home through rich grade-level texts.
Our local shelter, Dakin Animal Shelter, accepts donations of fleece blankets and I'd love to have my second graders work on a community service project.
They team up to make some tie fleece blankets to donate to the shelter. Empowering students through community service not only betters our community but creates a way for students to feel their impact in the world.
Educating students about compassion for animals who have yet to find a home will speak volumes to them about the variety of HUMANS they'll meet in the world as well.
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