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Give As We Grow

Give As We Grow® is a digital platform educating the next generation about giving and philanthropic action. Do you want to make a difference?

Think time, treasure, talent, and ties.

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Game

A first-of-its-kind, free educational mobile app that teaches kids to tap into their unique talents and interests to help others.

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Giving Journal

A tool for families to track their in-game and real-world acts of giving, so they can see their impact over time.

Resource Library

A curated collection of resources to help families fuel a culture of generosity at every age and stage.

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Nurture your child’s generosity and desire to help others! Check out the Give As We Grow® game, available on Android and IOS.

Activities and Resources for Raising Generous Kids

About Give As We Grow®

For families cultivating a culture of generosity and service, you can’t start too young. Give as We Grow® is your family’s destination for philanthropic education and generosity tracking, with age-appropriate content for children of all ages in the resource library. Grounded in research and developed to respond to an identified need for families, the play-based learning game currently serves child users in the upper-elementary age range. 

Identifying passions and seeing progression over time helps intentional parents foster their children’s interests and prepare them for lives of purpose. Throughout their journey, children who track their giving and experiences through this platform can see themes emerge from their own giving history. Our resources and offerings are designed to equip parents and encourage children to give where they go, and give as they grow.

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Giving for every season

International Literacy Day Activities

Give back as a family today! Scroll through these easy ideas and check out our resource library for more.

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Project Guides

Lead a fundraiser or book drive

Reading Partners

Want to support early childhood literacy? Collect books or fundraise for Reading Partners! This link offers a step-by-step guide, tips, and printable posters to help your book drive be a success.

Activities

Give Your Favorite Book to a Stranger

Kindness.org

Share the joy of a beloved book with a stranger by giving it away, accompanied by a brief note explaining why the book holds special meaning to you.

Project Guides

Service Sparks: Joy of Reading

Learning to Give

This giving project encourages youth to share their talents with younger members of their community by reading to others.

Articles

Why Stories Matter and How to Use Them to Make a Difference

Doing Good Together

Learn how storytelling can be an important tool for moving others to action with this article, complete with conversation starters and activity ideas.

Project Guides

DIY Mobile Library

Points of Light

Share the gift of reading with your community buy building a DIY library.

Educational

Literacy Toolkit

Learning to Give

This resource collection shares background information, activities, lessons, and project ideas to help young people learn about literacy and help individuals in their community learn to read and write.

Activities

Youth in Action: UNICEF Clubs

UNICEF USA (United Nations Children’s Fund)

UNICEF Clubs help young people build leadership skills while working alongside their peers. Clubs advocate for causes impacting children around the world, host fundraisers or events, and learn how to use their voices and actions to make a difference.

What they’re saying

Testimonials

Give Is As We Grow is awesome! It’s just fun – there is no other way to describe it. I love earning heart points to make my garden better.

Annabel K.

(player, age 8)

Giving is rooted in empathy, compassion, understanding of humanity, and sharing between people. We are excited to give the next generation of givers tangible, easy, and fun tools like Give As We Grow to spark radical generosity.

Celeste Flores

Director, U.S. + Canada Hub, GivingTuesday

Particularly for younger kids, in-person volunteering may be impossible because of the types of activities and potential risks that nonprofits can’t take on. The virtual environment of Give As We Grow sets kids on a path to generosity before they are able to do in-person service.

Diana Heath

Chief Operating Officer, NCFP

Collection is innate in kids, which creates a natural opportunity to teach kids financial literacy—about spending, saving, and sharing—early. It’s important for kids to know that not everything that comes to them should stay with them; that it’s important to share.

Elizabeth Phillips

Executive Director, Phillips Foundation

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