I went to lds.org to look something up for my class I was teaching and the headline caught my eye. Have I Done Any Good in the World Today? It got me thinking about our family goals.
We set two family goals for the new year. One was to try and be more service oriented. We decided to do a family service project at least once a month. It can be a bit tricky to find a service project that an 8,7,5, and 3 year old can participate in.
After reading the plea to members to help Haiti I knew I wanted to find a way to help them as a family. We called the kids in and watched this video:
Then we asked the kids what we could do to help. They had ideas of sending food or blankets. We read them the article asking for members to donate to the LDS Humanitarian Service. Then we asked them how they could earn money to donate. Solomon and Jocelyn collect aluminum cans and plastic drink bottles for money. We suggested that we take the recycling that they had been saving up for the last 6 weeks and donate all the money that they made. I could tell Solomon was a little hesitant to give up his hard earned money, while Jocelyn ran off to her room to get the .86 cents she currently had to donate. We went out as a family and collected the cans and bottle, smashed them down and got everything ready for the recycling center. I hope they feel like the made a difference.
We set two family goals for the new year. One was to try and be more service oriented. We decided to do a family service project at least once a month. It can be a bit tricky to find a service project that an 8,7,5, and 3 year old can participate in.
After reading the plea to members to help Haiti I knew I wanted to find a way to help them as a family. We called the kids in and watched this video:
Then we asked the kids what we could do to help. They had ideas of sending food or blankets. We read them the article asking for members to donate to the LDS Humanitarian Service. Then we asked them how they could earn money to donate. Solomon and Jocelyn collect aluminum cans and plastic drink bottles for money. We suggested that we take the recycling that they had been saving up for the last 6 weeks and donate all the money that they made. I could tell Solomon was a little hesitant to give up his hard earned money, while Jocelyn ran off to her room to get the .86 cents she currently had to donate. We went out as a family and collected the cans and bottle, smashed them down and got everything ready for the recycling center. I hope they feel like the made a difference.
I would love any ideas/advice for great family service projects that you may have done.
