Generous: Food Bank Drive

Cactus Soup is another variation of the Stone Soup story. After dramatizing the story we compared similarities and difference between Cactus Soup and Stone Soup. In today's story the villagers hid their food, dressed in rags and tried to appear poor and told the soldiers there wasn't even enough food to feed their hungry children.

The villagers were tricking the soldiers but can this could sometimes be true - can it be true that some people don't have enough food? Most of the children thought yes and Sofia elaborated and explained how street people don't have homes or enough food and we're supposed to give them money.

Another way to help people in need is to donate food to the Food Bank. The children all knew that banks keep money and I told them the Food Bank keeps food. I used plastic people to illustrate how families who have enough food can give food to the food bank and then families who don't have enough can get food for free.

I asked the children if they'd like to help people who don't have enough food and they all said yes!
"How will we get to the food bank?" Tyreese wanted to know.
We could take the bus there or we could bring our food to the nearest donation box at IGA. The children decorated a sign and went to the other groups of children to announce their plan and to elicit help.

Food Bank Donations: Please drop off non-perishable food into the basket by the door.