In November, 66 fourth-graders at William R. R. Davie Elementary in Davie County, NC, were asked to talk to adults about charities and the Davie Community Foundation.
"I spent days trying to figure out how to explain the community foundation on a level they would understand," Jane Simpson, the foundation's executive director, writes on the foundation's website.
"I spent days trying to figure out how to explain the community foundation on a level they would understand," Simpson writes.
Then they came up with a list.
The kids were given an envelope of play money.
They could put it in one of five buckets and decide how they'd use it.
Then they came up with a list: Shelter, Food and Water, Warm Clothing, Medicine, and Toys for Kids.
They could put all of the dollars in one bucket or split the dollars up to help with more than one need.
Anyone walking by the media center that day probably thought it was a bit chaotic but making good decisions takes conversation at any age.
Once everyone had the chance to make their grants, we counted the dollars deposited in each bucket.
Shelter received the largest grant with more than $24,000.
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