Wow it has been awhile since my last blog and to be honest, it has been a crazy few months. I have been spending tons of time with my family and helping support as my step-dad and family. My step-dad Frank was fighting bone cancer for almost a year and the fight is finally over. This Sunday we are having a memorial for him and he will forever be loved.
During this time, I took a week break from speaking and teaching, but I know the first service lesson that we will do when I go back to my 7th graders on Monday. If you are looking for a simple and meaningful community service project that you want to do from school to help others and remind your students to be grateful for their heath….here is one of my favorites.
Cards for Kids With Cancer
As a class you can create greeting cards for kids who are battling cancer and whom live in the local children’s hospital. The cards are simple construction paper cards, handmade with sweet messages and hand drawn pictures. I have done this in the past and my students are ALWAYS excited for this project. I set up the project by sharing the reality, (but not in a way that my students are depressed or can’t handle it)— I share that some kids live in a hospital and instead of going to school each day, they are getting treatment in hopes to get better. I remind my students that the children in the hospital are just like them, but fighting for their life. They play, laugh, have friends, but live in a different way. Each meal they go to—they get a greeting card---if there are cards to be given. I tell my students exactly what the hospital volunteer coordinator shares with me—that the kids get excited for the cards, share with each other and smile as they put them in their room. The lesson in the project: We can give and share our love and also be grateful for our heath and our lives.
You can do this anywhere nationwide, simply call your local hospital.
If you live in Southern California I often go through Loma Linda.
Volunteer Services
(909) 558-4654
Loma Linda University Medical Center
11234 Anderson Street, Room 1191
P.O. Box 2000
Loma Linda, California 92354
Enjoy and if you have any questions about this, please email me at Jill@leadingforlife.com
Saturday, March 29, 2008
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