Middle schoolers (in Battle Creek) learn the impact of service at Community Action Warehouse

As she hoisted canned food into the cart of an elderly woman this afternoon, 12-year-old Elizabeth Calderon said she’d learned something new about her community.

“There are lots of people in need that we need to help out,” the Northwestern Middle School sixth-grader said.  But she also learned this: “It’s great helping people out.”


That’s exactly what Melissa Hatmaker said she wants to hear.


Calderon and 19 of her classmates were at the Community Action warehouse today as part of a service learning project organized by Hatmaker, a sixth-grade math teacher at Northwestern. Hatmaker said she started the project this school year to expose students to volunteerism and show them they can make a difference.

www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20120228/NEWS01/302280032/Middle-schoolers-learn-impact-service