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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

MLK National Day of Service Activities

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

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Books

The Busy Family’s Guide to Volunteering: Doing Good Together

Doing Good Together

This book provides guidance for fitting in service into the busy schedule of family life, with tips that work for kids of all ages.

Videos

Good Neighbors Volunteer

Sesame Workshop

In this video, Elmo and friends explain what volunteering is and why people do it. This resource is a fun, age-appropriate introduction to service for young children. It also includes discussion questions to use after your child has watched the video.

Activities

How to Get the Most from Service Activities

Doing Good Together

Make your family service activities more meaningful with these reflection guides, with questions to ask before and after giving back.

Books

Picture Books for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

PBS Kids

Celebrate the life and works of Martin Luther King Jr. with these picture books. The collection features books about real civil rights activists as well as fictional stories about doing the right thing and making a positive impact on your community.

Activities

Making Service Count: Responding to Community Needs

Kids that Do Good

Why do we participate in community service? This discussion starter encourages participants to reflect on the importance of service and how we can help meet local needs. Written as a lesson plan for third through eighth graders, this resource could be implemented outside of the classroom.

Articles

Your Volunteer Roadmap

Do Something

Learn how to identify the causes you care about the most – and take meaningful action – in this helpful article with activity ideas.

Project Guides

The Four Types of Service Action

Learning to Give

This resource provides a breakdown of four unique types of service activities, including example projects for those interested in cause areas like environmental stewardship, intergenerational relationships, and kindness.

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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