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| ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE IN YOUR HEART Our children are there to remind us! Their hearts seem to understand that there are those ( people, and animals) that have less than they do and respond with much more charity than adults with their busy lives. This is where we can have a positive impact by showing them that even the smallest kindness can change the world around them. Their are two very tangable effects of taking the time helping children find ways to help. It helps connect children to their (local, nation or international) community and helps children better understand and cope with unpleasant events There are many ways parents (and teachers and mentors) can introduce the concept of philanthropy into the hearts and minds of children. 1. Help your child decide what organizations to give the donations to. Local non-profits addressing children’s issues or organizations addressing topics of interest to your child (such as animal sanctuaries) are all good candidates for giving. 2. Encourage the child to regularly set aside part of the money they get or earn for charity. Popular possibilities include allotting: 1/3 for spending, 1/3 for saving, and 1/3 for giving, or ½ for spending, ¼ for saving, and ¼ for giving, or any other combiation of monatary allotment. 3. Match the child’s monetary contribution to the charity of their choice. It can be a 1-to-1 match or more or less, depending on the amount and your particular circumstances. 4. Have your child donate gently used cloths, books, and toys to a local charity. 5. When there is a drive for canned goods, new school supplies, new toys, etc. have your child pick out what to purchase and donate. Make sure the child understands the item(s) are not for him/her to keep. 6. Encourage your child to volunteer in meaningful and interesting ways. As your child gets older the volunteer opportunities will only increase; most volunteer opportunities have relatively high age minimums. However, even young children can take part in certain volunteer jobs: Cleaning up a park of roadside Passing water out to participants at a fund-raising run Visiting, reading to, and playing games with residents at a nursing home Writing get-well cards to hospital patients or thank you cards to military service members Helping prepare mass mailings (ie, stuffing envelopes) Most kids can more readily relate to other children who are hurting. Involving kids in programs that help other kids may be the perfect way to instill a lifelong attitude of giving to charity. Giving back to the community in the form of food-and-clothing drives is a good way to start. Even small children can participate in giving to charity. Ask a child to choose an item of clothing or a toy that he or she no longer uses, to donate to children that have few clothes and perhaps no toys at all. When you do your weekly grocery shopping, ask each of your children to pick out an item or two to donate to the local food pantry. http://www.compassionatekids.com/volunteering.shtml http://www.childrenforchildren.org/ www.TheVolunteerFamily.org/Children |