Lesson 1: Look at Philanthropy in Children's Literature (A)
Handout 2

Home Letter

Dear Families,

During the past week I have read several stories to the students about people who helped to improve their community. In our Social Studies/Learning To Give lesson today we discussed possible service projects that our class might be able to perform. I have asked the students to do more research with their parents. Would you please share with your child any service projects that you have been involved in or projects that you’ve heard of that may be ones in which our students can be involved? There are many web sites that provide several suggestions. The Learning To Give service-learning toolkits http://learningtogive.org/genonltg/servicetoolkits/ provide examples of service projects for youth. We will share these suggestions with the class during tomorrow’s lesson. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Sincerely,