10 May 2006 More than 12,000 school children participated this
morning in the Caring for Others School Project, a volunteer
awareness event organized by the 18 Centraides of Quebec , a
volunteer-led organization, in Canada. Thanks to the
participation of the schools and local community agencies, the
children, ages nine and 10 from 280 schools, were made aware of
the values of volunteering and community service. They were
visited by hundreds of volunteers and community workers from
Centraide supported agencies who explained to them why it is so
important to give something back to the community, and told them
about their personal experience of "Caring for Others", a
Centraide project. The Caring for Others School Project has two
components. First, a preparatory phase during which students
complete a workbook in class with their teacher. This workbook
contains exercises and games designed to introduce the students
to the concepts of caring and volunteering, to encourage them to
help others, and to show them how