Schools
AN EYE-OPENING LESSON
RED NOSE DAY ACTIVITIES TEACH BRETTON WOODS STUDENTS ABOUT CHILDHOOD POVERTY
Bretton Woods Elementary School students in Phoebe Czachor’s second grade class learned an eye-opening lesson about childhood poverty in America when they participated in Red Nose Day on May 26.
“I taught the children at their level of understanding what childhood poverty is and demonstrated that 1 in 4 children in this country do not have a snack or even dinner every night like they are fortunate enough to have,” described Czachor. “Their reaction was eye opening.” Student parent Deily Wells provided the red noses, red sunglasses and red headbands for the Red Nose Day classroom activities.
Red Nose Day launched in the U.S. in 2015 as a special day to come together, have fun and make a difference for kids who are most in need. In its inaugural year in America, more than $23 million was raised for the Red Nose Day Fund, with the money now at work in all 50 states across America and 15 countries internationally through programs to keep children and young people safe, healthy and educated.
