Students will examine the role and impact of nonprofit organizations within their community and prepare to interview representatives.

Students use standard software as they develop, research, and present a project related to community nonprofits.

This lesson explores the components of healthy living: eating healthy foods and exercise. Children identify their favorite healthy foods and forms of exercise that help them live a healthy life. Focus question: What foods and activity choices are important for healthy living?

Students will define philanthropy as "sharing or giving time, talent or treasure for the common good."

Participants define what they want to accomplish for the community garden and identify a place that is available and has the right conditions. This requires research and permissions. 

Discuss when permission is needed in order to perform an act of philanthropy. Learn and practice a song about giving. 

This lesson introduces young people to the concept of philanthropy as giving time, talent, or treasure for the common good. They learn that even young people can be philanthropists. The following lessons lead young people to plan a fundraiser. 

To guide children to understand that being in a group requires working together, getting along, resolving conflicts, and having fun together.

Through multiple visits to a retirement home, letter writing, or by inviting seniors to an event, children learn effective communication, sensitivity to people of different generations, and shared experiences while learning about the common good and stewardship.

Learners analyze the role of the four sectors of society in solving problems of hunger in the community.