Field Trip Day!
Students will see first hand what homelessness and poverty looks like. We will be visiting Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development. This will be a volunteering opportunity for the students. I think by the students seeing first hand what homelessness looks like in kids their own age they will be inspired to make a change. What students don't realize is that they can make a difference! Hopefully by this visit students will learn that they can make a difference, even if its just in one person's life. Being a teacher I feel like if I can make a difference in just one student's life then I think I did my job well. These students can have that same feeling by interacting with these kids. Sometimes all these kids need is some extra help to get on their feet. Most people wouldn't choose to be homeless and the way to prevent it is to educate our youth.
To find out more about the Tumbleweeds organization you can visit their website at: http://www.tumbleweed.org/
Students will see first hand what homelessness and poverty looks like. We will be visiting Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development. This will be a volunteering opportunity for the students. I think by the students seeing first hand what homelessness looks like in kids their own age they will be inspired to make a change. What students don't realize is that they can make a difference! Hopefully by this visit students will learn that they can make a difference, even if its just in one person's life. Being a teacher I feel like if I can make a difference in just one student's life then I think I did my job well. These students can have that same feeling by interacting with these kids. Sometimes all these kids need is some extra help to get on their feet. Most people wouldn't choose to be homeless and the way to prevent it is to educate our youth.
To find out more about the Tumbleweeds organization you can visit their website at: http://www.tumbleweed.org/
Other organizations that could be visited:
http://urbanstreetangels.org/why-we-exist/ (This organization is in San Diego)
http://www.standupforkids.org/Phoenix/default.aspx
http://urbanstreetangels.org/why-we-exist/ (This organization is in San Diego)
http://www.standupforkids.org/Phoenix/default.aspx