Before we could come up with ideas about how we can make a difference in our community or in the world, we had to understand what it means to make a difference. For example:
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| Go-cart with no wheels | Add wheels | Go-cart runs |
| Fire pit with no fire | Add sticks, matches | Have campfire |
| Josh's broken arm | Doctor puts on cast | Josh's arm is fixed |
| Many little voices saying the Pledge | National Pledge at 2 p.m. EST across country | One big VOICE saying the Pledge |
| Kids have no toys, food (are hungry) | Donate toys, school supplies, cans of food | Kids have fun, aren't hungry |
Camp Linus scouts brainstormed ways to "make a difference," and this is the list we came up with:
- Sharing Parade (holiday baskets)
- Operation Christmas Child (shoeboxes of toys and crayons/paper, etc. for kids around the world)
- Food Drive (cans of food)
- Mitten Tree (socks & mittens)
- CHOW
- Pick up garbage on ground
- Rake leaves for neighbors
- Help parents
- Help elderly people
- Letters of encouragement (i.e. to firemen in NY City)
- $1 for kids in Afghanistan
- Read to younger kids
- Plant a tree or flowers
- Recycle
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001
Click on "Points of Light" to visit the web page providing a link to "Make a Difference Day."
Or, click on "Make a Difference Day" and type in the zip code for Endicott.
