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Learning to Give equips young people of all ages with philanthropy tools and knowledge as they discover what they care about and take action with their time, talent, and treasure. 

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Holiday Circles

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Holiday Circles

Draw a circle around yourself and consider the love you have inside. Then consider what happens when we share that love with the world. Let's open ourselves up to others and in doing so, make the world a better place.

As you read this book with family this holiday season, use this guide to discuss and take actions that draw bigger circles of belonging.

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  • Circle of Caring

    Unit: 
    Character Education: Caring (Grade 6)
    Grades 
    6
    7
    8

    Learners define caring through discussion of examples and writing an acrostic.

  • Gifts of All Sizes

    Unit: 
    Generosity of Spirit Folktales
    Grades 
    9
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    As demonstrated in these folktales, even the smallest things, when shared, can be examples of philanthropy. 

  • Tote Challenge

    Unit: 
    Tote Challenge
    Grades 
    K
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    Young people investigate the problems caused by plastic shopping bags, then propose solutions to address the problems. This lesson prompts teams to design a reusable shopping tote out of an old T-shirt using engineering, problem-solving, creativity, and communication.

  • Deliver Gratitude Day

    Unit: 
    Deliver Gratitude Day
    Grades 
    6
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    8

    This lesson focuses on the meaning and benefits of gratitude. Participants give examples of what people give up (opportunity cost) when they give philanthropically.

  • Bedtime Bags (K-12)

    Grades 
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    K
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    Young people learn about people and children who are homeless and make bedtime bags for children in shelters as their service project. 

    "I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody."  - Lily Tomlin

  • Doodle Stones

    Unit: 
    Doodle Stones
    Grades 
    K
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    Learners use words to communicate positively and build community. A service project involves writing positive messages on stones and placing them strategically to uplift and beautify.

  • The Gifts of Nature

    Unit: 
    Humans and Nature Flourishing Together
    Grades 
    6
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    Through analyzing a Ted Talk by Robin Wall Kimmerer, participants develop their understanding of what it means to respond with gratitude to the gifts from the Earth. Participants expand their awareness of the interdependent relationship between humans and nature.

  • My Civic Timeline

    Unit: 
    Community Philanthropy
    Grades 
    3
    4
    5

    Create a past, present, and future timeline of personal philanthropy. 

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Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.
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Attention is the rarest and purist form of generosity.
Simone Weil