Charity
Charity
There are many ways to help others and your community! Here are some ways to make a difference and help!
1. For your birthday or holiday ask people to donate to a shelter instead of getting you a gift!
Last year for my birthday I asked everyone to bring donations for dogs instead of gifts for me. This is an amazing way to collect donations.
There were so many cute dogs! 
This is all the donations for dogs I got instead of birthday gifts!
Where we went. 
We carried all the donations in a dog crate which was one of the donations too.
2. Donate you time and volunteer at shelters.
At my new school and at my old school they have clubs where we worked at various charities and collected donations for homeless citizens.
For example me and a group of student visited a homeless shelter. There we helped clean the yard and organized the clothing donations. We learned how the organization helped the people in need providing them with shelter, food, clothing, toiletries, and help them find jobs. This was an amazing opportunity I am so happy I was able to experience.
Another trip me and a few other kids went on was delivering the food donations our school collected to a shelter. When we brought it there we saw how many people worked to organize the food.
When I was in 4th grade my school had a huge food drive where they needed around 10 kids to help delver the food to the shelter. Every student could put their name in once and the teachers would draw the names of kids. I remember being so happy and smiling with joy when I was told I got chosen. We drove in a bus and then volunteers told us where to put all the food we had. I remember organizing all the Mac&Cheese, granola bars, canned beans, peas, veggie, pasta, water bottle s, etc. This was an amazing and important experience especially since I was young and was taught that not everyone is as fortunate as others and we should alway help others.
I am exited to continue volunteering at shelters and helping others.
Sadly I don’t have Photos from these trips but I am so happy I could help others.
3.Donate gifts for people in need especially during the holidays!
At my local church every year they set up a tree with tags. The tags say what kids and adults want as a gift. My sisters and I pick tags every year! My school was also doing a gift drive for the home of Little Wanderers ! Encourage your family and friends to donate gifts to people.
What children wished for.❤️ 
The gifts we got.
Dropping off donations 
Dropping off the donations
Thanks for reading!
written by Zara