Changing the World One Candy Cane at a Time

Written by: Kate Snyder, Executive Assistant

Yesterday, we received a donation from the Student Service Learning Center at Quaker Valley High School. The students of the Center had come to EECM in November to tour our facilities and learn more about the work we are doing. They went away inspired to educate their peers about the problem of homelessness and to do what they could to help.

They turned their enthusiasm into a creative and fun holiday fundraiser. During the week of December 10th, the group sold candy-cane grams to the student body. Students paid a dollar to send two candy canes to their friends, delivered by Santa and his Elf. The candy canes had a ribbon and tag attached to them. The front of the tag displayed the sender, receiver, and a brief message. On the back of the tags, they presented facts about homelessness to get the student body thinking about the problem, and to pave the way for projects to come.

What a wonderful project!

And the candy-cane gram project was only the beginning. The Service Learning Center group is also planning to host a poverty simulation in the near future and are hoping to get more students and faculty interested in working with EECM.