How to Involve Kids in Helping Haiti Earthquake Victims
Sell Goods and Donate Profits
Kids can sell things like cookies and lemonade and donate their profits to help the Haiti earthquake victims. Remember Alexandra "Alex" Scott, the little girl fighting cancer who opened a lemonade stand to fight childhood cancer? Her lemonade stand is now known as Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation and plays an important role in fighting childhood cancer.
Volunteer Work
Ask local volunteer organizations, community centers, and anyone reaching out to Haiti quake victims if they need some help. Often, there are volunteer tasks that kids can also do and these relief efforts will likely be no different. Kids may be able to help with things like collecting and sorting items or packing boxes. Teenagers can get involved in many of the same efforts as adults.
Allowance Money Donations
Encourage kids to donate their allowance money to the Haitians affected by the earthquake. Let them also see you donate a portion of your earnings. Not only is this a gesture of goodwill, but it also teaches them a valuable life lesson.
Collection or Donation Drive
By helping with planning and organizing a collection drive, kids can play an important role in aiding those affected by the Haiti quake. Kids can also collect items and donations from family and friends. Parents and teachers can help them with delivering the items to the proper organizations.
Go Green for a Cause
Kids also can collect recyclable goods from friends and family and turn them in at recycling centers. The profits gained by recycling the items can be donated to Haiti quake relief efforts. This act helps the people affected and also teaches a lesson on being friendly to the Earth in another way.
Resources for Helping the Haiti Earthquake Victims:
http://www.interaction.org/crisis-list/earthquake-haiti
http://www.khou.com/news/How-to-help-Haitis-quake-victims-81359072.html
Published by Lyn Lomasi - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle
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37 Comments
Post a CommentThanks for all the suggestions.
Lyn, great article! ;)
Wow! Look at the comments! Super article!
Wonderful ideas!
Excellent piece, Lyn!
Great work, Lyn! Haiti needs all the help it can get. Thank you!
Great ideas, Lyn! Volunteering at a young age increases the chances that they will continue in adulthood. Thanks for writing about such a timely topic.
Nice ideas.
What great ideas. Love it.
Wonderful way to teach children that they are important and can indeed make a difference.