Our Partners

Learn about the bravery of Alia Muhammad Baker, a Muslim woman who saved thousands of library books from destruction during the war in the Middle East, through this discussion and activity guide.

This guide shares discussion topics and activities to accompany the picture book “Those Shoes,” focusing on generosity and empathy.

Based on The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss, this guide provides questions and activities to help kids understand being kind, respectful, and empathetic to others regardless of our differences.

Help children learn about the history of segregation and the importance of justice and equality with this guide to the book “Separate is Never Equal.”

This guide provides discussion ideas and activities inspired by the book “Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World.”

Help children learn about the legacies of women in Black history with this discussion and activity guide for the book “Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History.”

This guide shares conversation starters and associated activities for use in conjunction with reading the book “Swimmy,” a story about community and the ways we can work together for common good.

This activity helps kids identify the causes they are most passionate about, and the actions they can take to support those causes.

This activity provides a way for youth to recognize the needs of their community and begin to brainstorm the ways that they can take action.

This article identifies common assumptions adults make about young people, and the ways that they can challenge these assumptions to empower youth leaders.

This collection of conversation starters provides adults with a framework to help young people talk about and reflect on key parts of social emotional growth.

This collection of resources focuses on the topic of on gender equity, providing youth and their communities with service ideas, literature guides, and community resources.

This collection of resources provides lesson plans, activities, service project ideas, and examples to help youth understand and build inclusive communities.

This collection of resources provides youth with information on civic duty, advocacy, and voting, encouraging young people to use their voice to support the causes they care about.

This giving project encourages young people to contribute positively to their local environment by planting and maintaining a garden that’s beneficial for bees, butterflies, and other animals.

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

This giving project helps families understand the values and causes that are important to each family member, and encourages relatives to come together to make decisions that make a difference.

This giving project helps kids identify the things about themselves that make them feel beautiful, and encourages them to help friends and family do the same.

This giving project promotes awareness of food waste around the world and in local communities and encourages kids to pledge to reduce food waste in their families.

This guide equips young people to help animals in need through real-life examples, lesson plans, and reading suggestions.

This guide helps youth connect with people who have served their community, from veterans to advocates and volunteers.

This guide helps youth understand the experience of immigration and refugees through current examples, project ideas, and informational resources.

This guide provides an understanding of the main issues that impact people around the world and empowers them to take steps to create a better future globally.

This guide shares lessons, activities, and service project ideas to empower youth to take action and help those experiencing hunger and malnutrition.

This printable activity encourages young people to envision a better future and identify the ways they can play a part in making that vision a reality.

This printable activity helps youth identify sources of information that can help them understand and develop service projects.

This project idea allows young people to creatively help animals and their environment by making a bird feeder out of reusable materials.

This project idea assists youth in learning about the power of art to communicate messages by encouraging them to create something beautiful for someone they know out of materials they have on hand.

This project idea connects families and friends through an environmental scavenger hunt that can be completed by groups in the same town or across the country.

This project idea connects kids with different types of generosity and philanthropy by encouraging them to photograph examples of everyday generosity in their lives.

This project idea connects youth with the important celebrations and holidays of diverse cultures as they research and share information about different cultural observances and traditions.

This project idea empowers kids to learn about their cultural identity while celebrating the diversity of their community.

This project idea encourages youth to become active listeners as they ask friends and family members to share about the issues that matter most of them. Then, they translate their listening skills into action by creating a poster advocating for positive change.

This project idea encourages youth to evaluate the accessibility of their community and identify opportunities for awareness, improvement, and action.

This project idea helps kids to feel empowered when speaking up about inequity in their learning environments by encouraging them to learn how to report and resolve concerns. They will also learn how to write and share a call to action.

This project idea helps young people recognize and express the things they are grateful for as they write letters to friends and family.

This project idea shares a step-by-step guide to help local pets and animal shelters.

This resource collection helps kids to understand health-related issues and provides service opportunity ideas that connect youth with their communities,

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.

This resource collection shares lesson plans, community resources, current examples and more to help kids take action to help individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty.

This resource guide helps youth, families, and community groups explore the issues of justice and equity through lesson plans, community resources, service ideas, and more.

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.

This service activity demonstrates the importance of civic duty by empowering students to research the issues that matter most to them, identify their local representatives, and write a letter to share their thoughts.

This service activity idea helps kids connect with their grandparents or elderly community members through conversation starters about having fun.

This service project brings neighbors together for a fun scavenger hunt, featuring painted ladybugs made by youth and their community members.

This service project creatively engages kids with the fundamentals of advocacy as they make an ABC book about ways to make the word a better place.

This service project encourages young people to share their appreciation for teachers, coaches, and leaders by sending letters and pictures of gratitude.

This service project helps kids spread kindness by encouraging them to first identify the things that make their friends, family, and neighbors happy, then use that information to creative positive window or sidewalk art.

This service project promotes gratitude by having youth research and write notes of thanks to those who promote their community’s health and wellbeing.

This service project teaches youth about the power of sharing their talents with their neighbors as they volunteer their time to help members of their community.

This toolkit equips youth, family, educators and their communities with the resources to understand sustainability and environmental stewardship.

This toolkit helps young people to understand kindness, and the actions – big and small – they can take to build a kinder community.

This toolkit helps young people understand the different types of crises and the actions they can take to help their communities prepare for and respond to unexpected situations.

This toolkit inspires youth to understand and support the role of arts and culture in their communities.

This toolkit provides discussion topics, lesson plans, and service projects to help youth explore and understand neuro and physical diversity.

This visual guide helps youth understand the important of advocacy and the ways they can make a difference for good by using their unique skills and talents.

Use your interests and talents to help your community. This video and discussion guide will show you how to connect your passions with community needs.

This online course teaches adults how they can introduce ideas about philanthropy to children of all ages.

This guide provides conversation starters to help families discuss different elements of kindness, generosity, community, and inclusion.

In this podcast episode, experts discuss why and how we should involve children in philanthropy starting at a young age. They also investigate how we develop a philanthropic identity and the different forms philanthropy can take.

This podcast, hosted by the founder of The Giving Square, puts children’s perspectives in the spotlight. Together, kids and adults discuss a variety of social issues and ways that we can help others.

This series of videos takes kids on a virtual field trip through stories of youth who have taken creative action to make a difference.

This set of education materials provides downloadable education materials and lesson plans that instruct participants on the unique ways they can create change through real-life examples and storytelling exercises.

Do you care about animals? Learn more about the issues affecting them and how you can help at this webpage.

Do you want to help people? Do you want to work towards equality and ensure that everyone has the resources they need? Learn more about these causes and how you can help at this webpage.

Do you want to create a greener future? Learn more about environmental issues and how you can help protect the earth this webpage.

This educational course provides an understanding of philanthropy and social entrepreneurship, culminating in a capstone project.

This opportunity engages youth with philanthropy through hands-on learning and actionable projects. Kids have the chance to apply for two opportunities: Residencies and Fellowships.

This giving story provides a case story of kids who utilized the Impact Factory to make a big impact, creating care packages for refugees across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

Foster mindfulness and kindness by creating and decorating a family mission statement. This art project is a great keepsake and a wonderful way to discuss values with young children.

Print this discussion guide to help your family understand how others may be coping with a serious illness – and how you can provide support and kindness during challenging times.

Help kids understand the importance of building friendships with older adults – and how they can bring happiness to those experiencing social isolation – with this discussion guide.

Provide ideas for helping people experiencing homelessness with this downloadable reflection guide.

Inspire kids to get involved with the issue of food insecurity with this reflection guide.

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

Share key facts, reading suggestions, and conversation topics with your family to build awareness of poverty.

Help your family build an understanding of the challenges that impact people around the globe through this discussion guide.

Inspire action to protect our Earth with this printable reflection guide.

Caring for animals helps kids develop the important skill of empathy. Inspire discussion about how we can help our animal friends with this guide.

In this giving story, learn how one elementary school came together on Valentine’s Day to share kindness and serve local nonprofits through community service activities.

Get inspired by this Giving Story, which shares how one child took steps to make their community cleaner and healthier. This story is great for younger children (Pre-K through 2nd grade).

In this Giving Story, read how a simple art opportunity helped ignite a child’s passion for giving – and inspired them to make an impact.

In this Giving Story, hear how one sixteen-year-old turned her Sweet Sixteen into a service opportunity.

Read how one student learned an important piece of history as a local volunteer.

Learn how one child used her birthday party to do good for those in need in her community.

Read this example of how one child turned their birthday into a chance for their friends to help others.

In this resource, gain access to a variety of service project ideas across a number of different cause areas, designed with families in mind.

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

Learn how to set up your own service fair in your community with this downloadable handbook.

Use these downloadable digital resources to deepen understanding of and inspire action for helping those experiencing hunger.

Get inspired to celebrate birthdays and help your community at the same time with the ideas in this guide book.

Encourage the whole family to become “upstanders” with this downloadable guide, including conversation starters and activities.

Bring a Family Service Fair to your neighborhood with help from this guide, which shares how to activate your community in honor of National Night Out™.

This guide provides helpful tips and advice to become active advocates for solutions to global challenges.

Use this activity guide as a starting point to get the whole family involved with exploring the outdoors and protecting the natural world.

This resource kit helps families start conversations about anti-racism and work together to form a more equitable, just society through learning activities and advocacy suggestions.

Use these downloadable resources to foster conversations about kindness with your family, featuring activity checklists and art exercises.

Start building an understanding of the experience of immigrants and refugees with the resources in this downloadable collection.

Connect the whole family in the kitchen with this guide to projects centered on cooking and baking for those in need.

Learn how to have important conversations with the whole family in this guide.

Download this guide to help children understand natural disasters, and how they can help when they happen locally, nationally, or internationally.

Use these printable activities as a starting point for inspiring kindness. They are great for children under age 10.

This set of lesson plans provides a framework for expanding empathy outside of our immediate circle.

Learn how to shift your mindset and help your family practice kindness and generosity in this article.

Find suggestions for celebrating differences while also identifying moments of connection between all people with these helpful tips and tricks.

Use this list of resources and activities to start conversations about racial justice and inequity, and how we can all work together to recognize and call out racism.

Learn how to encourage volunteerism in your family with these ten tips, from identifying your family’s passions and interests to reflecting on your experiences together.

This printable is great for children under age 10.

Download and print these resources to guide weekly family meetings – a great time to connect and reflect together.

Use these worksheets to ask thought-provoking questions about how your family’s interests and passions can help serve your community.

Build an understanding of how our differences make us special with this list of books, which share stories of children with disabilities.

Inspire little actions that make a big difference with these books about ways to spread kindness every day.

Connect with the young nature lovers in your family with this list of book recommendations about exploring the outdoors.

For kids who are passionate about protecting the environment, find recommendations for books and stories with this list.

Find books about empathy and compassion for the youngest readers in your life with this list of stories.

Encourage conversations about racism, justice, and diverse perspectives through reading books on this list of recommendations.

Explore stories of American history – with a focus on diversity, inclusivity, and justice – through this list of books.

Help start a conversation and answer questions about the experience of refugees with the picture books from this list.

Help young readers develop compassion and understanding for those dealing with illness by reading one of these book recommendations.

Start a conversation about what “peace” means to you with the picture books in this list.

Introduce a global perspective on challenges that are facing the world through this story collection of books about poverty and hunger in different countries.

Help kids understand the importance of talking about emotions by reading one of these picture book recommendations.

This book list shares recommendations for stories that help us to understand how we can extend compassion and kindness to all different kinds of animals.

Start a conversation about kindness and what it means to be an “upstander” with this book list.

Celebrate the holiday season with these books focused on generosity and compassion.

In this book list, find stories that share the power of being grateful and showing appreciation.

Dive into poetry as a family with these recommendations, which explore powerful ideas of giving, peace, and more.

Spark curiosity and encourage future scientists with this list of books about exploring the natural world around us.

This list of books shares recommendations for story collections with an emphasis on kindness and empathy.

Get inspired to spread kindness and compassion throughout your community with this list of books.

Use these book recommendations to start a conversation about art – from music to painting and everything in between – and its power to make change.

Help start a conversation with these books that reflect on poverty, homelessness, and hunger in America, and the ways that we can help others.

Use family storytime as a starting point for conversations with this list of questions and discussion topics.

This book list gathers stories with a focus on the experiences of immigrants and refugees around the world.

Help your family understand the importance of staying in the present moment with these books that connect the dots between mindfulness and gratitude.

Encourage conversations about citizenship, activism, and democracy with books from this reading list.

Being an “upstander” in the face of bullying can be challenging: start conversations about how kids can step in to help during conflicts with these books.

Find books to inspire the animal lovers in your life with this list of recommendations.

This reading list – accompanied by a set of conversation starters – shares recommendations for books about activism, with suggestions for all different ages.

Start a conversation about environmental advocacy and the everyday behaviors we can take to help our Earth with the recommendations from this reading list.

Help kids understand topics like hunger and homelessness with books from this list of recommendations.

In this book list, find stories that celebrate friendships with seniors and combat stereotypes about aging.

Help your family build a practice of kindness over time with these four steps.

Develop a habit of generosity by regularly donating to your local food pantry.

Build bags of necessities and kind messages to give to people experiencing homelessness.

Prepare and serve meals as a family at a local homeless shelter using tips from this giving project guide.

Help families who may need an extra hand by putting together a birthday-in-a-box – all of the things needed for a celebration in one location.

Help other students go back to school prepared to take on the year with these kits filled with important supplies.

Assemble sandwiches for people experiencing hunger in this hands-on, family-friendly activity.

Support your local food pantry by designating a section of your garden for produce to be donated.

Use these printable checklists to encourage kindness and generosity during the back-to-school season.

Share kindness and build a practice of generosity with each time you check an item off of this printable “bucket list.”

Get inspired to give back during the holiday season with these suggestions, from baking treats for neighbors to participating in a toy drive.

This giving project idea shares step-by-step instructions for engaging creativity to make kind, heartfelt handmade cards.

Learn how your family can make a difference for others this holiday season by “adopting” a child or family and providing them with gifts to make the holidays special.

Spread kindness throughout the month of February with this printable list of generous, empathetic actions – one for every day of the month!

This creative craft and baking activity helps spread joys to neighbors, especially those who might be experiencing isolation.

Thank delivery professionals this holiday season – or year-round – with this creative activity providing sweet treats.

Practice science skills while contributing to research projects with this list of opportunities from SciStarter.com.

Learn how to use art as a form of advocacy in this giving project, which provides a guide for illustrating a letter about endangered species for your local representatives.

Support important members of your local habitat by creating sources of key nutrition for pollinators.

Make a difference for pets in need by creating homemade dog treats with this recipe idea, complete with conversation starters and reading suggestions.

Inspire the animal lover in your family to do good with this how-to guide to building pet toys for animals in need.

Provide treats for the birds in your community with these birdseed cookies, which also make a great gift for friends and neighbors.

Help inspire an understanding of hunger with this activity guide, accompanied by questions and reading suggestions.

Share your favorite cause with friends, family, and neighbors by hosting a fundraising event, like a lemonade stand or car wash.

Join in on a charity event and get active with these tips for joining a walk, run, or bike ride for good.

Get creative by decorating a container for your family’s charitable contributions, then use it as a conversation starter to talk about the causes and issues your family values the most.

Read The Kindness Quilt by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, then think more about how you can share everyday acts of kindness with this printable activity.

Start a conversation about friendship with this activity as you make homemade bracelets.

This printable activity is a great way to engage the whole family in conversations about kindness and serving your community in ways both big and small.

Learn how a small, mailable gift can make a big difference in spreading happiness with this origami project.

Build a practice of sharing joy and generosity with this creative idea, which encourages regular letter-writing to people who need a little cheering up.

Use tissue paper to make flowers that will last forever in this activity that will help your family spread cheer.

Encourage your family to get creative and reuse items that might otherwise be tossed away with this project idea.

Help your community as a family with this group project idea to clean up natural spaces.

Use this printable template and step-by-step guide to create a celebration of gratitude in your home.

Send a creative and caring card to one of these organizations, which collect supportive messages for cancer patients, members of the military and first responders, and elderly individuals in nursing homes.

Learn how to send a card to men and women serving our country abroad through this giving project idea.

Find opportunities to collect with elderly adults in nursing homes and care facilities through this step-by-step guide.

Looking for ways to cheer up a friend or neighbor? Head to the kitchen to bake a special treat for the people you care about.

Get hands-on with this project to create warm blankets for hospitals, homeless shelters, care facilities, and other organizations who might need them.

Build connections across generations with this card-making project.

Practice recognizing the talents and accomplishments of the people you love with this creative idea, featuring printable award templates.

Learn how art can be used to spread happiness with this giving project idea, which encourages young artists to design and decorate cards.

Bring some joy to others by decorating lunch bags for Meals on Wheels deliveries.

Help out the Ronald McDonald House with this project guide, which gives step-by-step instructions to create grab-and-go breakfast bags for families of children with serious illnesses.

Start spring on the right note with this season gift-giving idea.

Make wishes for a better world as part of this family-friendly activity, including reading ideas and conversation starters.

Capture the important questions on your family’s mind with these printable poster, inspiring empathy as you encourage each other to ask “what would it be like to be them?”

Decorate posters with messages of kindness to inspire strangers and neighbors alike.

Help kids build an understanding of kindness and empathy through these quick tips.

Print and play with these templates for origami fortune tellers that emphasize kindness, compassion, and empathy.

Get into the spirit of Halloween with this list of project ideas that put the “treat” in “Trick or Treat.”

Learn how to be an active supporter of the causes your family cares about with these tips and conversation starters.

Foster your family’s passions with advice from this article, with tips on developing service projects to serving as a mentor.

Learn how to intentionally share messages about compassion, empathy, gratitude and kindness through your actions and your words.

Help encourage the act of bravery, even in hard situations, with the tips from this article.

In this article, learn how to instill and encourage the values of empathy and compassion in boys.

Practicing gratitude has proven benefits for families – learn how to build a family culture of appreciation and thanks with the thirteen tips in this article.

Build simple kits to show your appreciation for others in this activity that helps encourage a practice of gratitude.

Find prompts for journaling as a family with this idea for recording acts of kindness in one central place.

Celebrate older adults while working to dispel stereotypes with these service ideas.

In this article, learn how to encourage thoughtful conversation and action regarding current events.

This Giving Story shares a case study of one family who came together with the Girl Scouts in their community to build welcome kits for refugees arriving in their community.

Inspire kids to use their voice for good by teaching them how to contact their elected representatives.

Promote the positive impact of citizenship with this activity, which encourages kids to create a petition for a cause they care about.

Get the whole family involved in an activity for good with this project idea.

Help build a practice of kindness with these age-specific tips, tricks, activities, and books.

Encourage your child to see the world through someone else’s eyes through these activities, which expand on the idea of different perspectives.

Help support refugees with these suggestions, including conversation starters to guide conversation with your family.

Get inspired to spread kindness in a new and creative way with this list of fun and easy activities.

These printable activities make spontaneous, quick, and easy acts of kindness feel possible for kids of all ages.

This article shares ideas for creating meaningful holiday traditions as a family that emphasize kindness and compassion for our communities.

Spread the holiday spirit with this 31-day challenge! Take part as a family in activities that share kindness and compassion with others.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with these 9 ideas for sharing love and kindness with your community.

Being empathetic towards others has a positive impact on our mental health. Learn how helping others can help your child in this article.

Connect with your family about climate change with this conversation and activity guide.

This article shares ways to help your family understand what’s important beyond material possessions by emphasizing mindfulness and gratitude.

Make the idea of heroism easy and understandable for your kids with these books and questions.

This Thanksgiving, consider how the holiday can be an opportunity to instill empathy. This article encourages us to move beyond expressing gratitude and take action, providing family friendly activity recommendations. The author also encourages us to support indigenous groups and offers conversation starters.

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

Make empathy a part of your family’s daily life through the tips and tricks shared in this article.

In this article, learn how pooling funds together can help teach kids about the importance of charitable giving.

Help develop moral courage and teach your family to stand up for the people and causes who need it with these tips.

Understanding that we all have times where we can give help – and when we need help – is important to developing empathy and kindness. Read these tips to help teach your family about the nuances of being both “givers” and “receivers.”

Make long car rides a fun and engaging time to discuss kindness and service with these conversation starters and activity suggestions.

Compassion can be an everyday action: use this downloadable guide for activity suggestions to bring acts of kindness into your family’s daily routine.

Download this printable list of 30 ideas of daily opportunities for generosity.

Learn how generosity is a crucial part of developing financial literacy – and how you can share the importance of giving with your family.