November is
our service project month. For the past three years we have been supporting the
efforts of a Ugandan Orphanage to become more self-sufficient in their efforts
to raise their own food supplies. We have provided monies to purchase
goats and chickens which help provide a renewable food source as well as a
current food supply for the children housed in this orphanage. We would
like to continue this project again this year. To do so, we are asking
you to participate in a fun counting project throughout the month.
Pennies are a small coin which our children can
readily identify. We have asked you to bring pennies each day according
to the counting activity listed on each calendar day. This amount may
seem trivial, but when we add all those pennies together, they provide a nice
gift to help at the orphanage. It is also a wonderful way for you and
your child to practice counting together. We also incorporate a way to
let Grandmas and Grandpas help out. (see Nov. 28 & 29) We bring the
pennies to the bank each week and then mark on a graph how many we have
collected. So we are not only providing a counting experience, but we are
introducing graphing skills as well.
Please use this as a fun learning experience with your child
as well as an opportunity to share from our resources with some much less
fortunate. Thank you for your help and have fun counting pennies!!
Bring pennies each day according to
the following schedule:
Nov 7 &
8 … one penny for each tail feather you think a turkey has
Nov 9 &
10 … one penny for each stuffed animal in your house
Nov 14 &
15 … one penny for each letter in your entire name
Nov 16 &
17 … bring 20 pennies if you like
popcorn; 30 if you do not
Nov 21 & 22 … bring one penny
for each shoe in your house
Nov 28
& 29 … bring pennies from your Grandparents home (Please ask first)
Nov 30 & Dec 1 … bring one penny for each
door and window in your house
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