January 7, 2021
If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it’s the importance of relying on community, not just when help is needed, but in everyday interactions. To celebrate and honor this vital relationship, TDS invites you to participate in a day of community engagement on January 18. We’ll be working with three community partners on three different service learning projects, all with one overarching learning goal in mind: How does a community grow?
How do my food choices make a difference in my health? How does my health affect others? Explore these questions and more with a project partnering with PORCH Durham.
We’re asking families to collect items from the PORCH food groups: Protein, Noodles, Fruit, Veggies, Breakfast, and Snacks (sorting guidelines) and we’ll create bags together (virtually), with one item from each group, Monday, 1/18, at 10:00 AM. These bags will be used for PORCH’s Backpack Buddies program. Along the journey, students will explore their own nutrition choices and how they can impact others.
Why are face coverings so important? What makes a face covering stop the spread of viruses? Find out the answer all while making face coverings with your own two hands, in a project partnering with Durham Scrap Exchange.
Together, we’ll learn how to make face coverings (virtually) Monday at 11:00 AM, and donate our final products to be distributed around Durham to those that are without. We ask that families collect the following supplies beforehand: fabric, thread, sewing needle or fabric glue, pipe cleaners, and elastic. All of these materials can also be purchased in a ready to go kit from Scrap Exchange. While creating and crafting, we’ll explore questions like what fabric works best and the impact one person can have on many.
Why is sharing stories so important? How does sharing a story create community? Together we’ll explore these questions by collecting books and donating them to Book Harvest to be shared throughout the Durham community.
While cleaning out libraries and foraging for no-longer needed books, we ask that families choose a favorite tale (whether written or oral) and record a video reading of it. Once submitted, we’ll make a TDS digital library of our favorite stories recorded to share and celebrate how our stories can be the foundation of our community of learning. For examples of types of stories to submit, preview these from a recently completed fourth grade project:
- Bella & Nico’s Grandfather Talks About the Evolution of Music
- Zoe’s Grandfather Talks About Growing Up on the Farm
Join us for one, join us for all! Start gathering your supplies and we look forward to growing our community together.
Kiera Olson
Coordinator of Community Service and Engagement
