This May, a group of students from Burlington High School will be learning how to work effectively with local nonprofits. The three-week “Philanthro-me” course, led by Erika Lowe, Peter McConville, and Anna Rosenblum Palmer, is part of BHS’s Year-End Studies program, where students take time to explore a given topic or activity in-depth . Philanthropy …
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Scott O’Neil, one of the Sleep Out participants, shared this thought-provoking message that he sent his co-workers at Dealer.com: Surprisingly I’ve found myself dreading the Spectrum Sleepout. At first it started out as “sure sounds like an adventure” and has progressed to dread for 2 reasons 1) the weather has remained cold 2) this means …
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Annie Cooper, Essex High School parent and organizer of the EHS Student Sleep Out, wrote this blog post about their team’s experience. As of this writing, the group raised $2200 to support homeless and at-risk youth in Vermont. At 5:15 am on Friday, March 28th, with an inch of snow layered over sleeping heads, bags, …
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“This isn’t right. We have to give them our money.” This is what ten-year-old Carmella Martone told her mother after seeing firsthand what it is like to be homeless. She had just walked a friend to door of the hotel room where his family was staying because they had nowhere else to go. And she’d …
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There’s been a lot of talk recently about the impact of “helicopter parents” (who hover to protect their kids from negative experiences) on the ability of their kids to handle life’s challenges as they grow up. A growing body of research that tells us how important learning how to tolerate life’s bumps is to healthy …
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