GVC Students Give Back to the World Community!

Patch.com highlights Mann students' gift to Hephzibah and donation of their GVC prize money to the orphanage in Cote d'Ivoire. These students, very dedicated to "lacing up the digital divide" donated their $1000 first prize money to the orphanage for technology in their library.


In a similar move, teacher and students of Denmark Empowerment Charter School in Denmark, Wisconsin, USA, donated their first place $1000 prize money to Give Something Back International Foundation for the "build a school" in Haiti project.

Cranes for Kids: Giving Hope to the Children of Japan

In Japanese culture, cranes are a powerful symbol of health and well-wishes. In fact, the Japanese people believe that anyone who makes 1,000 origami cranes will have a wish granted. While we can’t grant every wish, we can make a difference. Students in the Lincoln Technology Club made 95 PAPER CRANES to send to the Oshkosh B'Gosh company. The company in turn will be donating a NEW article of clothing to the earthquake and tsunami survivors for every paper crane they receive- that's 95 pieces of clothing from the Lincoln Tech Club!

GVC Students in the News

Students at Horace Mann elementary school make and sell lanyards to help "lace up the Digital Divide". Read about their entrepreneurial efforts to bring the orphanage into the 21st century.

It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time

Like most communities, Warsaw, IN. has a local food bank to assist people and families in need. Students in the Glass Class at Harrison Elementary School wanted to do something special for their food bank, Combined Community Services. As members of Team GVC08-01, they were committed to focusing on kindness and helping others.

The students brainstormed some ideas and decided that donations of peanut butter and jelly would provide nutritious snacks for practically all CCS clients, especially the children. They started their collection. As the jars came in, the students shared their project with their GVC partners at Lincoln Elementary in Oak Park, Illinois and Petach Tikva, Israel. The Israeli students sent words of encouragement and support. Since Oak Park and Warsaw are only about two hours apart, the Lincoln kids decided to collect PB and J as well.

Mr. Glass seized the opportunity to visit Lincoln Elementary, collect their PB and J donations, and meet his GVC partner, Matt Kuntz, in person. Between the two schools, the students collected more than 200 jars of peanut butter and jelly. They made slide shows of the pictures they shared and Warsaw Times Union newspaper featured the kids in a front page article. Events like this helped Team GVC 08-01 be recognized for their Helping Focus but the real beneficiaries were the needy people of the Warsaw community.

See: Sharing with Others - form the School of Kindness GVC-0801 Website [news article is quoted on the bottom]