Moments of Service

Maximize teachable Moments of Service using academic content to teach the concepts of philanthropy and give students real-world experience through service.

Learning to Give and generationOn are pleased to offer a calendar-based menu of resources and Signature Events to help implement service-learning and philanthropy education. Each month features themes, lesson plans, project ideas, and resources for teaching. Select a month below to access the current teachable moments of service. View the generationOn School Year Calendar.

• September 
• October 
• November
• December
• January 
• February
• March
• April 
• May
• June

Lessons and Units related to: Fundraising, Emergency Response, Health.

Fundraising (+)

• Protect Your Melon (K-2)
• Give It Back from a Snack (K-2)
• Helping Others to Feed Themselves (K-2)
• Cinderella Project (K-2)
• Where Does It All Come From? Penny Drive (K-2)
• Spend, Save or Donate: Penny Drive (K-2)
• Reading for Pennies: Penny Drive (K-2)
• Money Smart Children (2nd grade) (K-2)
• Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger (K-2)
• Closer to the Ground (3-5)
• Raising Resources (3-5)
• Foundations and You (3-5)
• Soup's On! Caring For Others in Our Community (3-5)
• Newborn and Child Survival (3-5) (3-5)
• Lucky Money: Penny Drive (3-5)
• Makes Cents to Me: Penny Drive (3-5)
• Banking on the Future: Penny Drive (3-5)
• Endangered Species--It's Not Too Late (3-5)
• Money Smart Children (3-5) (3-5)
• Advise and Consent (6-8)
• Poetry of Giving (The) (6-8)
• Disaster Relief - Power, Generosity and Leadership! (6-8) (6-8)
• Building Blocks of a Community (6th Grade) (6-8)
• Designing Your Philanthropic Collage: Penny Drive (6-8)
• Philanthropy--Why?: Penny Drive (6-8)
• How Do We Spend, Save, and Donate?: Penny Drive (6-8)
• Global Education: Why Learn? (6-8) (6-8)
• It's Goin' Down; The Rain Forest (6-8)
• Money Smart Teens (6-8) (6-8)
• We Are Partners in the Work of Creation (Tikkun Olam) (Private-Religious) (6-8)
• Humane Heroes: Those Who Care Enough (6-8)
• Newborn and Child Survival (6-8) (6-8)
• Philanthropy at Home and Abroad (9-12)
• Quarters From Kids (6-12) (9-12)
• Disaster Relief - Power, Generosity and Leadership! (9-12) (9-12)
• Personal Giving Mission Statement (A): Penny Drive (9-12)
• Making Choices with Scarce Resources: Penny Drive (9-12)
• Living Your Passion: Penny Drive (9-12)
• Motivations for Giving: Penny Drive (9-12)
• MSI.55 (9-12 Unit) Technological Inventions and Our World (9-12)
• Helping Refugees (9-12)
• Money Smart Teens (9-12) (9-12)
• Be the Change: Life Skills (9-12)

Emergency Response (+)

• Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me! (K-2) (K-2)
• Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me! (3-5) (3-5)
• Keeping Our Pets Safe in an Emergency (3-5)
• Disaster Relief - Power, Generosity and Leadership! (6-8) (6-8)
• Oil Changes Everything (6-8)
• Philanthropy, Volunteering and Service: The Historical Connections (9-12)
• Disaster Relief - Power, Generosity and Leadership! (9-12) (9-12)
• Hurricane Katrina / Great Hanshin-Awaji Disaster Collaboration (9-12)

Health (+)

• Souperservice Kids (K-2)
• Give It Back from a Snack (K-2)
• Helping Others to Feed Themselves (K-2)
• Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (K-2) (K-2)
• Tzedakah: How Can We Help? (Tzedakah) (Private-Religious)) (K-2)
• Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the Globe (3-5) (3-5)
• Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (3-5) (3-5)
• Community Health and Safety (3-5)
• What Respect Means to Me (3-5)
• Stitch in Time for the Common Good (A) (6-8)
• Courage of the Heart (6-8)
• Grow Involved 6-8 (6-8)
• Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the World (6-8) (6-8)
• Global Garbage (6-8)
• One Person's Trash (6-8)
• Our Air: The Quest for Quality (6-8)
• Environment: Sustaining Our World (6-8) (6-8)
• Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (6-8) (6-8)
• Philanthropy, Volunteering and Service: The Historical Connections (9-12)
• Food for Thought: Hunger—Around the Block,
  Around the World (9-12)
• Civic Environmentalist: Rachel Carson (12th Grade) (9-12)
• Healthy Youth, Healthy Community (9-12) (9-12)
• Why Eat Organic? (9th Grade) (9-12)
• Air Pollution and Asthma (11th Grade) (9-12)
• Be the Change: Personal Health (9-12)
• Be the Change: Global Health (9-12)

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