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Service Learning Project Ending Childhood Hunger Fall Semester – Service Learning Project for Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Indianapolis, IN

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Douglas MacArthur 2011-2012 Sodexo Foundation School Engagement Project to fight childhood hunger in their area.

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Page 1: Douglas MacArthur Elementary

Service Learning Project

Ending Childhood Hunger

Fall Semester – Service Learning Project for Douglas MacArthur Elementary School

Indianapolis, IN

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Students Research Facts

4th and 5th grade students researched facts about childhood hunger in our community. They found out that students went to different locations in Indianapolis to receive meals during the summer. One of the places was the Indianapolis Children’s Museum.

We established a partnership with their Sodexo employees.

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Announcements and Newsletters

A collaboration between students began by writing and reading daily announcements on facts about childhood hunger. Fifth graders asked if they could work with the younger students to read the announcements each morning. By the second week the students were writing skits to say on the announcement to make their research more interesting. They wrote their own characters and used different voices. It was very effective.

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The fourth grade students in Mrs. Campbell’s class wrote letters to mayoral candidates with their concerns about childhood hunger in Indianapolis, IN.

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Students Sorting And Counting Donated Food For Our Food Drive.

Students collected, counted and sorted the daily donations from each class. The student s then wrote announcements about the winning class. The announcements included facts about the food pantry’s weekend back pack program.

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Chef’s Table

The chefs were setting up their table for family night. This activity was to teach children and parents how to make a quick and healthy meal.

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Volunteer Sign In for Family Night

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Newsletters

Weekly newsletter articles were published in the school’s newsletter. Mrs. Becker wrote blogs based on what the students were doing for our project to end childhood hunger by 2015.

Families were asked to go to nokidhungry.org and take the pledge.

Students, staff and parents discussed ideas about bringing awareness to childhood hunger and what individuals and families could do to help.

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Let’s Do Something

Students decided to write letters and create art projects to bring awareness to Childhood Hunger in our area. No only would this give student the chance to present ideas but it would also advertise our FOOD DRIVE for Gleaner’s Food Bank.

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Second Graders This second grade class wrote letters to the mayor with their ideas about how to end childhood hunger.

This class had a great solution which we used at Family Night. The class discussed having a bake sale and a lemonade stand.

The students and their parents baked and donated cookies. Students set up the bake sale and lemonade stand. The made posters, covered the tables to make it look very inviting. They priced everything and had to keep a cash box that night.

Students also made announcements through out the night and offered special prices at the end of family night.

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Food Drive

Making posters for the food drive

Student Driven

Students made posters to advertise the food drive

They added information about the weekend backpack program which provides meals to students for the week end to ensure they have meals at home.

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Setting Up The Kitchen For Family Night

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Chefs from the Indianapolis Children’s Museum

Sodexo employees from The Indianapolis Children’s Museum are ready to teach families how to prepare an easy and simple meal.

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Great American Bake Sale and Lemonade Stand

Students are setting up to sell donated bake goods and lemonade at Family Night. All proceeds went to Hunger Inc. – a local food pantry.

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Facts about childhood hunger were posted.

After reading facts about childhood hunger on the announcements, they were posted in the main hallway of school.

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Getting Food Ready To Serve A Meal On Family Night

With over 45 volunteers and 250 participants Family Night at Douglas was a great success.

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Family Night

Mark Smith, a local dance studio owner, is teaching dances on family night. Students and their parents were learning how to do the swing.

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Facts on Childhood Hunger

More than 50 million Americans struggle to put food on the table. More than 17 million of

those affected are children.

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Children who struggle with hunger are sick more often, recover more slowly, and are more likely to be

hospitalized.

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They are more likely to experience

headaches, stomachaches, colds, ear infections and fatigue.

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Hands Are Washed And Gloved Waiting For Customers.

Students are showing the gloves they are wearing when working with food.

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Students setting up for the bake

sale for family night

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Community Volunteers Community volunteers also brought their own families to help out with our project.

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Facts We Learned About

Childhood Hunger

1. Hunger impedes our children's’ ability to learn and perform academically

2. Undernourished children under the age of 3 cannot learn as much, as fast or as well.

3. Lack of enough nutritious food impairs a child’s ability to concentrate and perform well in school.

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What We Know

Undernourished children under the age of 3 cannot learn as much, as fast or as well.

Children who don’t get enough nutritious food are more susceptible to the negative effects of skipping breakfast on their ability to think and learn.

Hunger predisposes our children to emotional and behavioral difficulties.

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More Facts

Hunger predisposes our children to emotional and behavioral difficulties.

Hunger impedes our children's’ ability to learn and perform academically.

Teens who regularly do not get enough to eat are more likely to be suspended from school and have difficulty getting along with other kids.

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HUNGER IMPEDES OUR CHILDREN'S’ ABILITY TO LEARN AND PERFORM

ACADEMICALLY. Children who regularly do not get enough

nutritious food have more behavioral, emotional and academic problems and tend to be more aggressive and anxious.

Teens who regularly do not get enough to eat are more likely to be suspended from school and have difficulty getting along with other kids.

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Volunteers Are Presented With Thank You Gifts

Volunteers from Citizens Energy are presented with thank you gifts for volunteering for our service learning project.

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Wrap Up

o Students from each class collected, counted and sorted cans daily.

o Students wrote and read daily announcements about the food drive.

o First place winners received a pizza party

o Students organized family night through committee meetings

o 1,500 pound of food was collected for Gleaner’s Food Pantry.

o A second food drive and fund raiser was organized for Hunger’s Inc.

o Over $300.00 and 12 boxes of food was collected for Hunger’s Inc. at our Family Night.

o Students wrote thank you notes and decorated Christmas Stockings to give to volunteers who worked at family night.

o Everyone at Douglas McArthur learned they can make a difference to end childhood hunger.

o Families learned healthy recipes and activities.

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What The Future Holds

• A community garden will be planted in the spring.

• Special education students, English language learners, and student council will begin planting vegetables and herbs in January with indoor grow lights.

• Community members and parents will help establish an after school garden club.

• A collaboration with the Chin and Hispanic community is being discussed to establish a partnership with their existing community gardens.

• A spring or summer family night is being discussed to harvest the community garden and create recipes from the produce.

• A field trip to Gleaner’s Food Bank is being planned to show students more about the weekend backpack program.

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DEDICATION

• What can make 15 teachers, PTA presidents and 5 PTA members, 12 Student Council parents, 16 students, 17 community members, 8 teachers’ relatives and one assistant principal come together for one night. Service Learning! Our staff, parents, community members, family members, and students worked together to raise awareness to end

childhood hunger.

• Service learning involves teaching the state standards while doing community service. The project has an outline but, is student driven. Students are able to learn about their community, bringing awareness to issues, such as childhood hunger and work together to create solutions.

• Douglas MacArthur has done service learning projects for the past 4 years. Each year more and more students, staff and parents get involved to create a better community.

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Thank You Everyone For Your

Support