Meet Isaiah, Eliza, Elena, Chloe, Nathaniel and Evan. They’re part of a group of students who came by the Food Pantry last Friday to deliver the results of a Food Drive they had done for school. Their teachers had decided to go beyond simply collecting the food – they wanted the kids to get a better feel for why they were doing the food drive and where it was going. So they brought their students to EECM to deliver their collection in person. They’re planning to come to EECM regularly to volunteer, bring food, and generally experience the ministry.
Now you may be thinking to yourself: how are they able to arrange so many volunteer opportunities? Won’t the principal have something to say about weekly field trips? Well, the unique thing about this particular group of students is that they are all part of a home-school cooperative. The teachers who brought them are their parents, and they have made the decision to incorporate service learning into their curriculum for their kids.
This particular cooperative is actually one of several that have started volunteering with EECM. Keep an eye out for more stories about service learning at EECM in the months to come.
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