Civic Engagement Clearinghouse
Eastern Washington University
With my first grade class we contacted Spokane, Washington State Troopers, and had a State Trooper come into our classroom to share with our class what a trooper does for our community. The trooper let the students ask him questions and get to build a relationship with our local patrol. After the visit the students wrote thank you letters for the troopers in Spokane.
The project I did was collecting pens and pencils in class with my students. I worked with the organization Right to Write which takes new or gently used pens and pencils to children in schools, hospitals, and orphanages in underprivileged countries. My students were each asked to bring in or find 10 pens or pencils over a weeks time. 200 fit into one ziplock bag which is their preferred way of shipment because it fits so easily into suitcases.
A group of kids that I work with from the Airway Heights Parks and Recreation center went on a field trip to Turnbull. We learned about the different type of animals and made food baskets for certain animals. The kids will learn about a local wildlife place and the difference they can make with nature and the earth.
My 2nd-grade class worked together to raise socks for the residents at Guardian Angel Homes. The project lasted 2 weeks, and the students gathered as many socks as possible and they brought them to class so we could deliver them to the organization. The students felt like they were apart of something big, and they enjoyed gathering socks to those in need.
A group of children from the ages of 5-12 years of age made dog treats to donate to S.C.R.A.P.S. They created the treats, talked about the benefit the treats had to the organization and were able to see their treats being given to the dogs through a photo book!
We held a school wide food drive where students/teachers bring in canned food/nonperishables. After multiple weeks of the food drive we also asked communities members to donate shoe boxes. The students put food into the shoe boxes, decorated them and gave them to meals-on-wheels. The students also walked them over to the nursing home across the street and gave them to the elderly people there.
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