Week 1
The shelter: how to help other than money
Family Season
Our hands. Our time. Not only ours.
1. Theme of the month
February
Month of Helping
How it went
What do we want to keep doing?
— At the shelter they said money they have, hands they do not — and so it proved. — The box in the hallway filled up in four days and nobody took the notice down.
2. Weeks of the month4 weeks – helping with ourselves, not money
Week 2
Collecting food: asking the class and neighbours
Week 3
Sorting clothes and taking them to charity
Week 4
Sitting down together: what each of us felt
Our goal for the month
Help with hands and time rather than a transfer — and see what was ours.
3. Personal storylinesOur own goals and how they are going
Dad
Project:Giving blood
First time, and it turns out I am eligible
Progress
My goal this month:Get as far as the blood centre
Mom
Project:Collecting food
A box in the hallway and a notice in the chat
Progress
My goal this month:One box filled to the top
Varya
Project:The volunteer club
Signed up at school for a month to try it
Progress
My goal this month:Work out whether it is mine
4. How our family felt
- Good
- Okay
- Bad
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Ideas for next month