Civic Engagement Clearinghouse
Eastern Washington University
This project is designed to get the students to learn about recycling, why we do it, and how we can implement it in our school/organization. I partnered up with one of the Spokane community centers ran by CCS called the North East Community Center. We started the project by reading a few mentor texts about recycling and the different ways we can do it. After this we created our own recycling bins for paper and cans.
My Kindergarten students will raise money and work with various peers and Blessings in a Backpack to provide well-balanced meals to students on the weekends so that they don’t go hungry. The students will have the choice of which location(s) they want to send their donations to make the project a bit more personal for each of the students. After the donations have been made, students can begin volunteering their time to possibly raise more and learn more about the organizations from those who run it.
My project was to make dresses out of pillow cases for little girls. With this project a group of kids each partner with other kids then they worked together to make these dresses. The organization that I partnered with was the Vanessa Behan Crises Nursery.
My 4th grade students raised 71 items to donate to 2nd Harvest. The students were able to help the community fight hunger. They were able to understand the concept of helping and how we ourselves can make a difference in our own community.
Recycle to Regrow is a project that inspires students to clean the Earth while also giving them the freedom to positively enhance it as well. With this project students are encouraged to go around their school, parks, and home and collect recyclable trash. After they collect the trash their helpful volunteer, you the teacher, can easily take the recyclables to the Spokane Commercial Recycling waste management site.
For my project, I will be collecting pop tabs off cans for the Ronald McDonald House Charity. These pop tabs go towards a great cause, they can help support families. The organization helps with providing rooms for families or finding resources to assist families. Students will be working together to collect as many pop-tabs as they can to help the families in need.
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