I am always looking for ways to teach my kids about the importance of giving back to the world. Whether it is is small or large ways, we try our best to work hard and find ways to give in our own ways. In the past my daughter put together a sticker project for our local food bank (on her own I might add) and I wrote about it here and you can here about it in her own words on youtube here.
Outside of this though as I mentioned I work to allow our kids to come up with their own ideas about giving to others, but m I am also given opportunities to develop opportunities for them too. Recently I was asked by Collective Bias and Snickers to put together a Halloween Charitable Basket or some other similar project that could be given to people in need.
Mini Candy to work together on a campaign to give back and to show people that Halloween is more than just getting candy
We shopped at Walmart for all of our candy that we needed. We stocked up on Mars Brand Candy and even found some other fun Halloween pencils and plastic fangs and a few other fun items as we wanted it to be fun for the kids. Our daughters were completely into this!y, but it also is about giving as well.
When we got home we decided to make the bags into a learning lesson and actually made an assembly line. We ended up having a bit of a lesson on Henry Ford and automation as we had gone to Greenfield Village earlier in the summer and felt that we needed to continue this education as we made the bags. The bags came together well and we luckily had enought items for all of the bags!
The kids had a blast putting together the bags themselves and last Friday we took all of the bags to the Hospital itself. The kids were a bit nervous at first as they did not know what to expect, but once we were there they saw that the kids were just like them and they thought the Pediatric Unit was very cool too.
This project was a great one for my family as it truly did help my children to see the benefit of giving to others and I hope as a father to only continue this learning process in the future as they get older!
This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. #CBias #DontBeTheDarkHouse .
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what a great place to give back…it was a great gesture…good job!!!
love this. despite my flagrant half-assedness in just about every other parenting category, I’ve been looking/wanting to do something like this with my kids. A fun task and an altruistic gesture all in one. kudos. thanks for sharing.
This sounds like a nice idea! My daughter is in high school and a member of the International Thespian Society. Yesterday, the high school kids went Trick or Treating for donations for the local food pantry. It’s nice to see the kids so excited about doing a good deed to help others.
This is Brilliant! I love how you guys put together Halloween Bags! Such a great way to give back!