This Family Service Fair, organized in partnership with Doing Good Together and led by the school's PTO and leadership team, aimed to shift the focus from receiving to giving as hundreds of families engaged in crafts to benefit community nonprofits.
"Twin Cities schools' family service nights bring students, parents together to volunteer" - St. Paul Pioneer Press
The concept of a school family service night was developed by Jenny Friedman of Minneapolis, founder of an organization called Doing Good Together. Six years ago, Friedman worked with parents at Cornelia Elementary School in Edina to come up with the model: stations where parents and kids complete easy activities to benefit local nonprofit organizations.