Project Give Back is a passion-based program designed for elementary students to develop empathy, build character, and ignite community minded citizens.
It was started in 2008, when Ellen realized that the program she was running in her grade 4 classroom was having such an incredible impact on the children who participated. She needed to spread this lesson to more schools and offer this inspiring lesson to more children.
Reaching out to schools to pilot the program, Ellen tweaked the program to ensure that each child would have an optimal experience. With the incredible feedback that she got, Ellen enlisted more teachers and more schools and the program has continued to grow. Now in its seventh year there are thousands of children who have experienced the Project Give Back journey and continue to develop a meaningful relationship with their community.
At Crestwood, Project Give Back is a Grade 4 initiative where our students are tasked to choose a charity that they have a particular interest in. They are then asked to gather and organize information about this specific charity so that they can present and explain exactly how it works and helps others.
It’s amazing what can happen when children have passion, belief in themselves and a feeling of accomplishment.
