Students discover how philanthropy can be creative and encompass many different talents and treasures. Students learn about the problem of childhood hunger and the needs in their own community. Students bake and sell homemade bread to their community in order to raise money for a local organization.

Service Experience

The students will be baking bread in small groups with parent volunteers. The bread will be made in the school kitchen and sold to parents or other people in the community. The money collected will be brought to a local meal-provision organization for the purchase of sack supper ingredients. For example, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, students will be working with Kids' Food Basket. The students may also have an opportunity to take a field trip to the local organization for a time of service.

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Baking Bread for Childhood Hunger

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Baking Bread for Childhood Hunger

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In this lesson, students define philanthropy and discover how philanthropy can be creative and encompass many different talents and treasures. In this lesson, students will learn about the problem of childhood hunger and the needs in their own community (specifically the financial needs of a meal-provision organization). To address these financial needs, students will bake and sell homemade bread to their community in order to raise money to be donated to their local meal-provision organization.

Focus Question: How can young people make a difference with childhood hunger in our community?

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