homework

Do we have any homework for Thursday.
Max

Eden's Project

B.C.S.P.C.A.

The British Columbia Society for the Cruelty of Animals is a non-profit organization. It is an organization to help animals. They try to make life better for domestic, farm and wild animals. They provide many different services for 42,000 homeless, abused, injured and abandoned animals. The S.P.C.A. try’s to make sure that the animals have these five freedoms:

1. Freedom from hunger and thirst
2. Freedom from pain and disease
3. Freedom from distress
4. Freedom from discomfort
5. Freedom to express behaviors that express well-being


I chose to help animals for many different reasons. First of all there aren’t many people who chose to help animals. Most people chose to help people organizations, which I think is good, but if we all help people then there is no one to help the animals, which is important. Second I think it is very sad what happens to some of these animals. Being abused or homeless is a terrible thing and the S.P.C.A. helps with these problems. Whenever I am looking for a pet I look at the S.P.C.A. first because I know that these animals need a good home after whatever they have been through.


There are many different ways to get involved with the S.P.C.A. Some of the ways that you can get involved is animal socialization or dog walking. If you don’t want to work with animals then you can volunteer at some of the special events. The events include walkathons, adoptathons, open houses and more. If you want to donate some money then you can enter the lottery, which also helps the animals. Vanessa and I are going to walk dogs that are in our neighborhood. We are then use the money that we made walking dogs and buy some dog toys, leashes etc. and donate them to the S.P.C.A.

Eden

Isabelle and Mikaela's Project

Jewish Family Services is a non-profit organization. They help people in and outside the Jewish community throughout the lower mainland. Their goal is to make sure every family and individual has a better life to create a better Jewish community. They are committed to the Jewish values and try to have professional service performed by staff and volunteers.

BC has the highest level of poverty, number of working poor who make minimum wage and the number of children living under the poverty line in Canada.
“JFSA served over 7000 clients in our community - the hungry, the homeless, families in crisis, children living in poverty, adults
with mental disabilities, isolated seniors and immigrants struggling to make new lives in Canada. “
It is an organization where Jewish people and others from the community can ask for help.

Mikaela and I chose JFSA for our Tikun Olam project. We chose it because we had an idea that we would do some fundraisers in order to raise money for us to buy some goods such as books and toys for a family in need. So our action plan and JFSA’s cause fit perfectly. Since the organization deals with many families with kids who can’t afford to buy certain goods, we felt it would be a great mitzvah to surprise one of the families with a basket full of presents from an anonymous donor.

There are many things kids can do to support JFSA but I am only going to mention one of them. What kids can do is make either a bake sale, lemonade stand or some sort of fundraiser that would raise money for your cause. After you have finished with fundraising, go to stores that sell goods for families such as toy stores, book stores, video stores, grocery stores etc. and buy some things or gift certificates with the money you raised. Then put all of the goods into a nice basket and give it to JFSA to donate it to one of the needy families.

The Blazin Soccer Dogs

The Blazin’ Soccer Dogs is a soccer team that was started by Abbe Gates and her daughter Sadie. What makes this soccer team unique is the story behind the founding of the team. “Last September the 11 year old girl with Down Syndrome was getting ready to play soccer when a coach cut her as someone who could not help the team” – The Province Newspaper. Sadie’s mom was outraged by this discrimination and promised herself and her daughter that she will start her own soccer team that would include children who have been excluded from sports because of their special needs. Abbe has recruited 31 children for the team along with 18 volunteers which includes myself.

I chose to be a part of this new team because of my love for soccer and because I believe these children with special need deserve just as much fairness as anyone. When my mother told me about this story I felt sympathy for the cause and wanted to get involved. Another reason is because my brother has special needs and my mother works in that area.

Every Saturday since April 5th the Blazin Soccer Dogs practice from 10:00-12:00 am. Every Saturday I go and volunteer for the Blazin Soccer Dogs. There are other young people like myself that are helping teach the kids soccer skills and being their friend by encouraging them and cheering them on. A woman in Vancouver has donated all the uniform and soccer balls. Although this is a great deed its more than donating money that matters. I plan to tell lots of young people to come and volunteer. You can also help other people with special needs who aren’t on the team by getting to know them and developing friendship. This act should not be done out of pity but from a belief that you actually want to be there friend.