Every year for the past six years on Martin Luther King Day, my family and I go to the annual Children for Children event at a high school near our house. At these events the projects that we do include writing letters to soldiers overseas, making teddy bears for children in the hospital, writing birthday cards for the elderly, and helping to paint murals that go in hospitals. Those are just a few of the activities we have done at the Children for Children events.
Children for Children has planned events each month including one "Service Project of the Month". At the Martin Luther King day event, a lot of the projects have to do with writing letters and doing art projects for various causes. These are projects that are both effective and easy to do. I love bringing friends to the events because everyone can have a good time and it feels great to know that we have made a difference.
Grading: For this project, I will be grading only the Martin Luther King Day event, not the other Children for Children Events.
Effectiveness:7
Easiness:9
Fun: 9
The reason for the 7 in effectiveness is that, while many of the projects at the Martin Luther King Day event are very productive, there are a few that are not truly for community service. For example there was one time-consuming project where you make yourself a beaded pin. If you choose to go to these events one thing to be careful of is how much a given project is actually working for the cause. Other than that Children for Children has a large variety of great projects for kids to do.
The website is http://childrenforchildren.org/
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i went to this with you a few years back!! it was really cool. i actually remember it really well. and it's really fun when you do it with friends cuz after you can all have lunch and hang out (we did this and it was so fun! we hung out in ur play room and ur house).
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! You guys are actually making a change. Love this! You are like my role model.
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