Taking Action (Food Drive)

We read the book Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace by James Promios.  

 

We talked about the seven year old boy in the book and the actions he took that made a difference in the lives of the people in his community.  Then, we brainstormed actions we could take to make a difference in our community and decided to organize a food drive.

  I also shared the following video from Kid President with the students:

I think it is important for the students to understand that even six and seven year olds can do things that will make a difference!

 

Together with the other first grade classes, we wrote a letter to the students and the staff at Boulevard School asking for their help with this project.  

 

We also made posters to "advertise"our food drive and hung them up around Boulevard School.

On Friday afternoon, we organized, counted, and boxed/bagged all of the donated food.

Thank you to all of the families who participated in our food drive!  Because of the generosity of the families and staff of Boulevard School, we were able to donate 451 cans, boxes, and packages of food to needy families in our community in time for Thanksgiving!