Service-Learning Fridays; 6th session: Fighting Hunger Feeding Hope: Personal Awareness

1. STRESSING OUR CITY,OUR NATION AND OUR WORLD:HUNGER

What does hunger mean to me?
Why should I care?
What change do I want to see?
How can we bring peace to hunger? How can we be the change we want to see?
CASADY CANS DO STUDENTS AGAINST HUNGER FOOD DRIVE:OCTOBER 23-30
SUPER BOWL OF CARING
DINNER PARTY FOR THE HUNGRY

2. HUNGER IN AMERICA"The fact that more than one in every ten Americans is impacted by food insecurity makes us quite unique among wealthy democracies in the world. The U.S. is not the only nation where people go hungry but it is the only wealthy industrial nation where such a high percentage of its population suffers from nutritional deprivation due to inadequate incomes. Nearly one in five children, in our nation, lives below the poverty level. We have more than enough food to end this problem. The real issue is not whether America can end hunger, the question is whether we have the leadership to do so."

Dr. J. Larry Brown
(Excerpt from Hunger in America: The Growing Epidemic,
Physician Task Force on Hunger in America)

3. Thursday, October 22: Hunger in America video: 13 minutes


4. Dramatization and art work

Friday, October 23: Kick off video: Please help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IVF_3vsZrE&feature=channel 53 seconds. Empty Bowls, Full Hearts Silent Auction begins. STUCO's activities unveilled

Monday, October 26: Inspirational video 1:53 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTcGRQ7koHQ&feature=channel_page

Tuesday, October 27: Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope Programs at the Food Bank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-7_6QJRW6o. 7:05 minutes


Wednesday, October 28: Food-4-KIDS Program:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_dVznb64pc&feature=channel_page (2 minutes)

Thursday, October 29: Maybe: Dramatization by STUCO in LD, 5th grade in LD, and 1st or 2nd grade in UD of the book: The Can Do Thanksgiving or speech by A.J. Johnson Kids Cafes: Boys and Girls Club?

Friday, October 30: Slide show of week's activities and results of the week. Food Bank lunch, Empty Bowls, Full Hearts Silent Auction results

First Week of November: Sign-up for BIG SORT day, Saturday, November 14

BIG SORT DAY 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTcGRQ7koHQ&feature=channel_page:

A variety of videos at the Food Bank can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/regionalfoodbank:

MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT FACES OF HUNGER IN AMERICA: Calling filmakers ages 25 or under: HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND MAYBE win $10,000 in cash and prizes
http://www.palmsforlifefund.org/index/index.php:
Faces of Hunger in America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qow6EVrYDDw&feature=channel_page:
This 6 MINUTE film BRINGS A DIFFERENT MEANING TO CHICKEN A LA CARTE



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=993rZrfLBjg&feature=PlayList&p=2A7AC7DFFBAC11B1&index=0&playnext=1

SUPERBOWL CHALLENGE
2010 Souper Bowl of Caring
January 17, 2010 - February 7, 2010
Your Simple Service Project Could Change the Game. Join the 2010 Souper Bowl of Caring!
What if every American that watches the Super Bowl gave $1 or one food item to fight hunger and poverty in their own community? Imagine the powerful display of compassion that would be witnessed throughout the country during one or our nation's most indulgent celebrations!

In 1990, one group of students responded to a call to think of others while they celebrated the Super Bowl. They acted on their passion and started a movement that is transforming the time around the Super Bowl into a time of giving and serving. Last year, over 13,500 groups raised and donated more than $10.2 million to charities in their own communities. When everyone does their part, big things can happen. You and your students can join the movement!

REGISTER your school, class or club online at www.souperbowl.org to receive your free Resource Kit in the Fall.
COLLECT canned goods and/or money anytime between MLK Day and Super Bowl Sunday (January 17- February 7, 2010).
REPORT your results to Souper Bowl of Caring and watch the national total grow!
DONATE 100% of your collection to the charity of your choice that provides food to the hungry, shelter to the homeless or help to the hurting. Make a difference in your own community! www.souperbowl.org

Poverty and Hunger Curriculum from the K-12 Service-Learning list serve:
The nonprofit My Class Cares (www.MyClassCares.org) has just developed a new (and free) publication for secondary social studies and languages arts teachers. The publication, called Hopeful Voices, features essays from youth around the world whose incredible challenges have given them much to share about life and hope. Each essay concludes with prompts for student writing assignments, making Hopeful Voices a unique curriculum supplement for social studies and language arts classes. The website is: www.hopefulvoices.org

Groups interested in doing a service activity based on Hopeful Voices are welcome to follow one of the writing-based, fund-raising suggestions inside the publication.

Please feel free to share with your contacts!

Thank you,

Ben Schumaker
Executive Director
www.MyClassCares.org
483 Presidential Lane
Madison, WI 54558
P: 608-467-5706
E: ben@myclasscares.org