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Helping Kids Help: Organizing Successful Charitable Projects
Contributor(s): Heiss, E. Renee (Author)

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 ISBN: 1569762112     ISBN-13: 9781569762110
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
OUR PRICE: $37.95  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: February 2007
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Annotation: Parents, teachers, and other group leaders who work with children will find much-needed guidance to organizing charitable projects in this helpful guide to youth philanthropy. Helping adults instill children with life skills such as commitment, sacrifice, cooperation, tolerance, and even valuable career skills, this volume contains dozens of real-life profiles of adults and children involved in service--the struggles they overcame, the lessons they learned, and the benefits they enjoyed. Specific charitable project ideas, print and Web resources, and guidance on details such as assigning tasks, selecting charities for fundraising contributions, and parental permission issues are also included.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Philanthropy & Charity
- Education | Leadership
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General
Dewey: 361.740
LCCN: 2006016575
Age Level: 5-UP
Grade Level: Kindergarten-UP
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8" W x 9.92" L (0.69 lbs) 176 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Review Citations: School Library Journal 04/01/2007 pg. 174
 
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Publisher Description:

Formerly published by Zephyr Press

Provides print and Web resources, specific ideas for charitable projects, and practical guidance for developing students′ career and life skills through youth philanthropy.

Contributor Bio(s): Heiss, E. Renee: - Renee Heiss is a child development teacher at Northern Burlington County Regional High School in New Jersey.
 
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