Generous Kids - Teaching Kids to Earn, Share and Save:
Philanthropy can help young children gain a special sense of purpose, passion and responsibility. Here are some tips that can inspire charitable giving among young children:
Give kids chores, give them an allowance and them help them decide how to spend it.
When holiday shopping with your children, encourage them to buy for another unfortunate child their age.
Encourage your child to help you clean the lawn or plant flowers for an elderly neighbor.
Create holiday traditions of feeding the homeless for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Help your child organize a volunteer neighborhood dog wash in the community.
Encourage school systems to form buddy systems/pen pals with children in less fortunate school systems in their area.
Plan trips with your children to the Salvation Army or Goodwill facilities for all of their clothes and toys that they no longer use.
At your child’s school, organize “Clean-Up” days with the kids and other parents to clean up the school neighborhoods on a Saturday.
Encourage your child to fix a meal for an elderly person in your neighbor hood.
Help your child to become a volunteer dog walker or cat sitter in your neighborhood.
Have your neighborhood kids develop a “Car Wash for a Cause” and the proceeds can go to a local charity.
Encourage your child to donate a portion of their weekly allowance to a local charity of their choice.
Organize a school field trip to a homeless shelter before the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks.
Create a game with your child, “Saving Cents”, to help them learn the fundamentals of saving, spending, and sharing their earnings with others.
