Project Impact at Greenwood
Each year, we raise money and awareness to support organizations like Out of the Cold and Youth Without Shelter, two community-based programs that help homeless youth and provide food for those in need. This year, we hosted a speaker from Youth Without Shelter who spoke with our Grade 7 and 8 students about some of the misconceptions around homeless youth and ways for even the youngest members of our community to become advocates.
On December 13, a group of senior students traveled to St. Matthew’s United Church to cook a meal for 160 members of the public who frequent their Out of the Cold program. We partnered with the Food and Culture class at school to learn how to budget and meal plan for a group that size and the menu came from conversations with that class. Students cooked a five-course meal from scratch and learned about diet and nutrition concerns for those who often experience food insecurity.
To help fund the meal, the Service Learning Committee sold Project Impact swag items as well as Holiday Grams. Students learned the importance of providing context for fundraisers and learned how to deal with donor fatigue around the holidays. These types of lessons are always important as they show students the complexities involved when planning large-scale events.
It’s always wonderful to see the school come together to support local initiatives, and Project Impact week is a great opportunity to learn, to give and to reflect on how important being involved really is.
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On December 13, a group of senior students traveled to St. Matthew’s United Church to cook a meal for 160 members of the public who frequent their Out of the Cold program. We partnered with the Food and Culture class at school to learn how to budget and meal plan for a group that size and the menu came from conversations with that class. Students cooked a five-course meal from scratch and learned about diet and nutrition concerns for those who often experience food insecurity.
To help fund the meal, the Service Learning Committee sold Project Impact swag items as well as Holiday Grams. Students learned the importance of providing context for fundraisers and learned how to deal with donor fatigue around the holidays. These types of lessons are always important as they show students the complexities involved when planning large-scale events.
It’s always wonderful to see the school come together to support local initiatives, and Project Impact week is a great opportunity to learn, to give and to reflect on how important being involved really is.
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Greenwood College School
443 Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto, ON M4S 2L8
Tel: 416 482 9811
Toronto, ON M4S 2L8
Tel: 416 482 9811
We acknowledge with gratitude the Ancestral lands upon which our main campus is situated. These lands are the Ancestral territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabek and the Wendake. The shared responsibility of this land is honoured in the Dish with One Spoon Treaty and we strive to care for the land, the waters, and all creatures in the spirit of peace. We are responsible for respecting and supporting the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. When away from this campus we vow to be respectful to the land by protecting and honouring it. We will create relationships with the people and the land we may visit by understanding the territories we enter and the nations who inhabit them.
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