Caring for Others

United Way serving Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington is launching a new initiative in the KFL&A community this year. Caring for Others is a 90 minute session geared towards Grade 4 students. The goal of this program is to teach children that they too can have an impact on their community and show them how they can make a difference in the lives of others.

The program will provide Grade 4 students with:

• the opportunity to define what “caring for others” means to them
• scenarios that are common to a junior school playground, classroom and community to help foster the development or enhancement of empathetic thinking, cooperation and social responsibility
• the tools needed to care with their words as well as their actions
• the knowledge that the small things they do every day are very important and valued by others, sometimes without them even knowing it
• tools to recognize how volunteers influence their own lives
• the motivation to identify a need in their community and finding a way to respond to that need

The Caring for Others program has successfully been implemented in other United Way’s across Ontario, including the United Way of Quinte and the United Way of Leeds & Greenville.  In helping our United Way spread the message of caring throughout the KFL&A area, we are confident that the first year of the Caring for Others program will be a success and lead to many more opportunities for our young people in the future.

If you require more information about the program or have additional questions, please contact the United Way KFL&A by phone at 613-542-2674 or email uway@unitedwaykfla.ca.

Looking to volunteer with the Caring for Others program? We would like to hear from you, please fill out our brief volunteer registration form.

Caring for Others Summary
Teacher Classroom Registration Form
Volunteer Registration Form