Make Change Beaver is the comprehensive effort to highlight the importance and power of sustainable philanthropy. This is a Beaver wide effort to raise money and awareness about community issues, and to distribute the funds through a grant process.
How to Get Involved
“Donate money”
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Find a JAR, fill a JAR on the Beaver campus
“Spend time”
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Volunteer your time as an individual, family, member of group
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Examples:
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Upper School Student Council is planning a service event for the school
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Advisory groups are planning to volunteer on a weekend
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“Support effort”
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Raise awareness of philanthropy and social activism
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Introduce Beaver community to grant worthy organizations
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Submit Make Change Beaver grant proposal.
- Grant proposals will be available electronically
Make Change Beaver Grants in Action
Hannah Zack ‘14 applied for the Make Change Beaver grant to benefit Samaritans, a suicide prevention helpline. Beaver has had many students, Hannah included, volunteer to be hotline specialists. The summer before Hannah applied she completed a 30 hour training to become a volunteer on the helpline and held several three hour weekly shifts. Hannah feels that the skills she learned from the training allowed her to be a better friend and listener to this day. “The ability to listen free of judgement and bias is invaluable. “During these calls Hannah knew that she was holding lives in her hands, people who tended to be much older than her age of 16. Annually, Samaritans receives around 250,000 calls which on average cost $4.50. While the Make Change donation seems small, Hannah knew that any amount of money would allow more people to attend the monthly trainings that costs $10,000 to host.
Parent Resources
Below you will find some interesting articles about philanthropy to discuss with your children