​How to help

• Lead by Example: Be a positive role model and take actions to help make positive change in your community.

• Check with your local school district to see if you can pay for lunches for a student whose family may be mere dollars above the amount eligible for the free lunch program.

• Offer to help someone learn to read.  Check with the local agencies of your county that offers free training for tutoring.  

• Many local charities and schools have wish lists. They might even be available online. Obtain the wish list of a charity/school of your choice and always take it with you when you go shopping. Pick up an item from the wish list or several as you do your own shopping.

• Consider volunteering time at an elementary school as a student tutor for the little kids.

• Offer to teach computer classes for There is need for basic Excel, Word, email, etc.

• Help those in our communities, churches, schools by giving motivation to the younger generation which helps greatly.

• Checking with teachers you know to see if they need books for their kids would be a great thing to do.

• If you have small children and they have friends over, make a point of offering to read a story (or two or three...) Kids love to be read to and your kids' friends may not have parents who read aloud. You could instill a love for reading just by taking a few minutes that might otherwise be spent on video games or watching a movie. And a love of reading goes a long way at school!

• Do what you can to support adult education classes in your area.