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Learn what nonprofit and volunteer groups do and how they serve the common good.
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A food bank collects food and hands it out for free. What community need does it serve?
An animal shelter takes in stray dogs and cats. What need does the shelter serve?
A neighborhood food pantry is run by volunteers. Where does most of its money come from?
Groups that help the community are found only in big cities.
Groups like a food bank are called nonprofits. What do they do with the money they raise?
How is a volunteer fire company different from a shoe store?
Neighbors meet each spring to pick up trash in the town park. Why does their work help the common good?
What does the term common good mean?
The American Red Cross brings food, shelter, and blankets to families after a hurricane. What need does it serve?
The American Red Cross collects blood at blood drives. Why is that blood needed?
Most of the people who work for the American Red Cross are volunteers.
Habitat for Humanity workers hammer nails and paint walls on a work day. What are they building?
Meals on Wheels volunteers drive hot meals to people's front doors. Who do they mostly help?
Where do food banks get most of the food they give away?
A Friends of the Library group holds a book sale and gives the money to the library. What need does it serve?
A rescue group helps every dog owner in town, yet it is not part of the government. Why not?
Who chooses the leaders of a nonprofit group such as a food bank?
Sam spends Saturday morning sorting cans at the food pantry. What is Sam doing?
What is a donation?
Food banks help people only during the holidays.
A club collects warm coats each fall and gives them away. What need does the club serve?
A youth club plants young trees along a bare town street. How does the whole town gain?
A shelter run by a charity gives people a warm bed at night. What need does it serve?
A bakery and a food pantry both hand you a loaf of bread. What is different about the food pantry?
Why do nonprofit groups depend on volunteers?
Mia can spend Saturday cleaning the town creek or cleaning her own bedroom. Which choice helps the common good?
A nonprofit group can have paid workers as well as volunteers.
What is a volunteer?
How do families get a home from Habitat for Humanity?
The American Red Cross teaches classes in first aid and water safety. Why does it offer them?
What is the job of a food bank?
Only adults are allowed to volunteer to help their community.
Third graders collect pet food and blankets for the animal shelter. What are they practicing?
A helping group can work in just one town or all across the country.
A group of neighbors runs a free recycling drop-off. How does that help the community?
Volunteer firefighters train at night and rush out when an alarm rings. What do they give the community?
Which of these groups is a nonprofit?
A charity has 100 coats to give away, but 200 families have asked for one. What problem is this?
Giving canned food to a food drive is one way to help the common good.
A charity holds a pancake breakfast and asks guests for donations. Why does it raise the money?
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