Dianne discusses Project Give with Ednews.org’s Michael Shaughnessey. Check it out here.

“Habits learned at this age stick with kids. If they can experience the positive feelings that come from service in middle school, then they will seek lifelong service as a positive alternative to challenges they face. One person can make a positive difference in the community and that Is the message we want youth at this age to grasp.”

Project Give was featured in a recent issue of the Palos Verdes Peninsula News. Thanks to Amy Higgins for helping us get the word out!

Also congratulations to Project Give’s Javier Rodriguez, who did a great interview despite being put on the spot with no notice! Love this quote:

“I love working with children and meeting new people. We’re educating children on their importance in the world,” he said. “We have a lot of kids who feel that they can’t do anything or feel that they really don’t have the power to make a difference in the world, to make things better. With Project GIVE, we give them the power and the trust; we want them to be creative — we empower them to help them realize the great impact they can have on the world.”

Link here

We held our first meeting today at Daytona middle School..They finally came up with the idea that for years the school has been planning to build an outdoor Volleyball court and every year money falls through the ground … the site sits right next to the batting cages they built with the wrong materials and for 2 years have sat in disrepair.

So the idea is to take that whole area and start with fixing the batting cages and having a re-grand opening of them and inviting all the kids to come and try them..

During the grand opening of the batting cages they had several ideas on fundraising that day and will be inviting the Mayor, the school Board President, and other local dignitaries at which time the kids will give a presentation and an offer to partner up with us to see this goal completed. Also they are all thinking who can help with this. I gave each of them an assignment to find the name, email and phone number of someone who we want to help us. (Like the Mayor, the chamber President, and so on.)

They were really excited and are working on our mission statement and more ideas to keep this going and how to get more kids involved.