The best service day ideas come from the kids and our May service day was one of them! Our kids wanted to do something to help our local wildlife.

 

To set up this project we reached out to the Urban Park Rangers at the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park. As it so happened they were doing a public program about Horseshoe Crabs the same day as our service project was planned. The Rangers were more than happy to have our group come join the program and stick around for a beach clean-up afterwards.

 

After their presentation the Rangers set us up with grabbers and bags and we went to work. While our group is small, we had an oversized impact that day! Our initiative inspired others there for the Horseshoe Crab program to stick around and join in the clean-up!

The Prospect Park Board Gaming Club is a long-standing supporter of our children’s program. As a gesture of gratitude, we made board game pieces for them to use. With much creativity and great patience over twenty 2″ wooden pieces were customized for play. We hope that the gamers have as much fun using them as we did making!

For their February service project, the Ethics for Children program threw a surprise party to validate and honor the work of two special guests – Jorge and Nahomy. 

 

Jorge and Nahomy work in an industry that has been deeply impacted by the pandemic – Domestic Workers. They provide the service of cleaning houses and offices and they thought that they had been hired to clean one of the rooms in the building. As guests, they were chosen at random, with only the assurance of John, who handles the scheduling at Hire a Maid, that he would send two people who had been working with them throughout the pandemic. 

 

When Jorge and Nahomy arrived they were met with a round of applause, a banner, superhero capes, crowns, and cards all of which the kids had prepared. Then – a party complete with snacks and dancing. A good time was had by all.