Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Our Children Making Change

This summer a large number of Calvert students participated in a wonderful charitable endeavor spear-headed by Eva Martire. The project is called Our Children Making Change and it is a program designed as a way for children of all ages to contribute to charities in their communities through raising money. In early June, over 100 children gathered in the Middle School Gym to select the charities for which they felt a passion.
At the first meeting, each participating child agreed to raised $100.00 over the summer by doing age appropriate activities. The fund raising efforts included lemonade and bake sales, movie nights, ice cream making and bike-a-thons (just to name a few). All told, by the end of the summer, the children as a group were able to raise over $11, 700.00! All who participated were extremely proud of their efforts and at the end of the summer, the children enjoyed a wonderful celebration marked by the presence of the charities for which the money was raised! Bravo to all those who participated.