The days leading up to Winter Break can be some of the longest days of the school year for both students and teachers. In order to keep her fifth grader’s attention, Lauren King, a teacher at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston, Maine, decided to invite a kindness penguin in the classroom. Because who doesn’t love […]
6 Ways to Encourage Kids to be Future Donors and Volunteers
A study recently revealed that parents are a huge influence on whether or not children give to charitable organizations and/or volunteer when they are older. Working in the nonprofit world and seeing declines in giving and funding over the years, I think the subject of philanthropy is an important one to bring up with our […]
