Florham Park Pre-School Students Learn About Giving

FLORHAM PARK-Kindergarten classmates at the London Day School on Ridgedale Avenue are learning at a very young age to help others in need.

The class recently launched Food for Friends, to benefit the Interfaith Food Pantry of Morristown. Using a new Web site focused on giving YouGiveGoods.com the students kicked-off their effort Dec. 8 to raise food donations to help Morris County families.

Our Pre-K is responsible for bringing our community outreach projects to life by selecting, promoting and running the project, said Deanna Hansen of Madison, Assistant Director and Pre-K teacher at the school, an educational and enrichment academy offering Pre-School and Kindergarten for students ages 2 and one-half to 5.

YouGiveGoods.com is a Web site that enhances giving by making it social, immediate, smart, environmentally friendly, dependable, and easy. Drive Starters like the students at London Day School can set up drives on YouGiveGoods.com with ease by creating a personalized drive page. Drive Starters then spread word about their drive to family and friends via social media, asking others to visit their YouGiveGoods.com drive page to make a donation. Goods for purchase start at $5.

This drive is an example of how doing good has gotten even better using technology that we use everyday. And, there is no more appropriate time than the giving season to begin teaching young people about the importance of helping others, said Patrick ONeill of Mendham, who is chief executive officer of YouGiveGoods. During a time of great need, when 49.2 million Americans live in poverty, YouGiveGoods.com makes doing good even better.

For information on the London Day School, visit londondaysschool.com.