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Children’s Book: Make the World a Better Place!
By Elizabeth Flikkema
A Learning to Give Publication
Join "Ant Phil" as she teaches children about giving time, talent, and treasure—about becoming a philanthropist. Forty-eight pages long, the book offers full-color illustrations, worksheet and activity pages, and a personal contract for children to sign when they are ready to commit to using their time, talent, and treasure for the common good. More product details
Buy the Make The World A Better Place! poster for your child’s room or classroom! This 9” x 24” visual tool enhances the learning experience and assists in teaching..
Pass on kindness while playing this internet-based game. To order cards you'll need to register on the Giving Game Web site. Also available customized.
Cards are the size of standard credit cards.
$5 for 5 cards (pay no shipping)
$10 for 10 cards (pay no shipping)
Sets of 30 range from $10.50 to $14.10
Explore the concepts of family philanthropy with children of donors. Learning to Give’s philanthropy curriculum and service-learning activities teach young people the importance of contributing their time, talent and treasure for the common good.
Included in the package are all the resources necessary to conduct a Workshop Series for children whose parents and grandparents are Community Foundation donors. This Series assists in building stronger relationships with donors and enhances donor services.
Civic Ideals and the Giving Society: Connecting Social Studies and Philanthropy for Grades 9-12
Civic Ideals and the Giving Society connects the social studies areas of government, history, geography and economics with the role of volunteerism and the nonprofit sector in a Grades 9-12 student textbook supplement and Teacher Guide.
22” x 28” Poster: Passion, Courage and Conviction…Women Philanthropists
Audience: Educators, Librarians, Foundation Officers and Staff From Jane Addams to Fatana Gailani of the Afghanistan Women Council, this attractive poster highlights a quotation and a thoughtful discussion question for
each of nine women philanthropists.
Helping Parents Help Children Learn—Foundation Program Officer Version
Audience: Foundation Program Officers (Educational Grantmaking) Studies show that parental caring and involvement in a child’s education is one of the single largest indicators of that child’s future success. Helping
Parents Help Children Learn, Foundation Program Officer Version, sponsored by Learning to Give and the McGregor Fund, capsulizes the best programs
that have come out of parental involvement research This version is written specifically for foundation program officers who interact with their community’s educators. $8, 42 pages.
Learning to Give: A Family Foundation Guidebook for Raising Kids Who Give, Share and Care
Audience: Family Foundation Members and Staff An exciting new resource for family foundations, Learning to Give focuses on the critical questions… “How do we, who care about our communities
and our culture, pass on to the next generation the ideas and values we cherish related to giving and serving—philanthropy?” and “How do our children
learn to be giving and responsible citizens?” Suggested activities and helpful reflective questions are organized by age group. $10; 76 pages.
Audience: Educators (Administrators, Curriculum Directors, Teachers, School Librarians), Foundation Program Officers and others who work with youth
Teacher-created, standards-based classroom educational materials with African American perspective and content.
The resource binder includes a grade-level appropriate poster, and:
Lesson Plans (grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 units),
Philanthropy Profiles (short, briefing papers for educators on the concepts, people and organizations linked
with African American and minority philanthropy),
Quotations (over 100 inspirational quotations by people from Maya Angelou to Booker T. Washington—the “voices” of African American men and women), and,
an Annotated Bibliography of Children’s Literature (selected for African American and philanthropic content).
22” x 28” Grades 6-12 African American Poster “Passion, Courage & Conviction…African American Philanthropists”
Audience: Educators (Administrators, Curriculum Directors, Teachers, School Librarians), Foundation Program Officers and others who work with youth.
From Sojourner Truth to Jackie Joyner-Kersee, this attractive poster highlights a quotation and a thoughtful discussion question for each of the nine featured African American philanthropists.
