Class help initiative

Students select and carry out a small volunteer initiative, such as a charity collection or bake sale.

Steps

1. Conversation: what a volunteer is and where people can help.
2. Students brainstorm ideas: shelter collection, reading at the after-school club, neighborhood cleanup.
3. Voting and division of responsibilities.
4. Carrying out the initiative over the course of a week.
5. Debrief: what succeeded, how we felt helping others.

Tip: A school volunteer club or a local volunteer centre will help find a partner.