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=Can teenagers change the world? =

==I believe that they can and in this unit we are going to come up with small things we can do that will make a BIG difference in our local community and world! ==

__Here are a few things that our class will be doing to try and make a difference in our world and community!__
1) __**We will organize a day with Tilly's Kids:**__ Tilly's kids will enable you to be a mentor to inner city children that come to Sussex County from the House of Mercy Mission in Newark by participating in monthly programs. You will be having a fun day with kids ages 4- 12 years old. We are scheduled to hold our Tilly's kids day on Saturday, June 5th in the SMS Cafeteria from 10:30 to 3:00 pm. If you can't make it that day - don't worry - you will be graded on the fund raising and planning of the event but I hope that many of you can come and see all your work in action!

2) **__10 Things Challenge:__** You will all take part in the "10 Things Challenge" to benefit the Lupus Foundation. Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs inside the body). Chronic means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years. www.Lupus.org runs a household goods donation where you can donate many types of household goods and the organization sells those goods to raise money to research a cure for Lupus. In the "10 Things Challenge" we will be donating goods (10 things each) to this foundation. More information to come!

3) **__Local Changes:__** Together we will brainstorm and carry out ways that we can make small changes in our school and community!

4) **__Free Rice and Rescue sites:__** We will go onto the free rice website and play word games to earn rice for starving countries and go the the rescue sites to donate by only clicking on a link.