The challenge is a part of the Do Something League, a year-round character education and service learning curriculum. Jefferson Elementary School has 70 K-5 students working in the league, according to Dary. We have parents come in, and we encourage kids to bring in neighbors and people who may not otherwise be involved in something here at school. We've got businesses in our community interested for their employees. I see this lending itself nicely to a school-community contact where maybe employees of a business would become partners in the Do Something League within the school.
Registration is free, and there are prizes ranging from a certificate to a computer.
Students can talk about their acts at the Web site and see the number of acts committed by students nationwide. Hopefully such acts become a way of life for participants and for those who are touched by the acts. If young people can commit to a day of kindness and justice, they can commit to a week of kindness and justice, a week becomes a year, a year a lifetime. 16,861 educators registered for the program from all 50 states. We are training 100 teachers to be community coaches, caring and committed teachers who work throughout the school year to inspire and empower young people to be leaders who change the world.