Making the World a Better Place
25 Days to Make a Difference
Laura continues her great work on her blog 25 Days to Make a Difference. Please stop by her blog and check out how she continues to grow, learn and definitely make this world a better place!
In April 2008 Brian Jones, from New Brunswick is going to ski to the North Pole. While on his journey he wants to teach people about the arctic, the environment and climate change. Everyone can make small changes to make our world a better place. He has links for teachers and students to go to for more information.
Sites That Do Good
Here’s a few sites that do good things for other organizations and two don’t cost you a penny. The first is freerice.com. My fourth and fifth graders love it and get very competitive in the few minutes I have them go on. They get to play a game, improve their vocabulary and help world hunger all at the same time. The second site; Click to Give supports six different different charity organizations. All you have to do is click to make a donation. You can click once each day. The third site is Ten Thousand Villages. It is a fair trade organization that partners with artisans from around the world who depend on the international market for sustainable employment. At this site you can buy products at a reasonable cost and help people in third world nations. There are all stores located across the US as well.
Thank You Laura!
First of all I want to thank Laura and her mom for the time and effort they put into their wonderful blog. As an elementary teacher, just learning about blogs, this is an exemplary blog that I can show my students and the administration to begin teaching them about blogs. Second of all, I’d like to thank all of the people who generously matched Laura’s funds. I was surprised and honored to be awarded the Better Late than Never award.
I was so pleased to see that Laura wants to continue her project. I love the idea of helping the smaller lesser known charities. I’ll be keeping a close eye on her blog over the year. I will also continue to share her ideas with my students and encourage them to continue to think about how they can make a difference throughout the year.
