Volunteers and good citizens
A volunteer is a person who helps others by choice and is not paid. After heavy rain, many people in Alexandria volunteered. They carried food to neighbours, helped older people get home safely and cleaned up. A citizen is a person who belongs to a town or a country, and a good citizen cares about the people and places around them. Children can volunteer too, with a grown-up: cleaning the school yard, planting a tree, collecting books for a library or keeping the street tidy. Always ask your family first, because they must say yes and help you stay safe. A letter to your family can say what you want to do, why it helps, and ask for their help. A class also makes choices by voting. A ballot is a paper where you write your vote. Each child votes once and nobody sees your choice. Then we count the votes with a tally, and the person with the most votes wins. If two people have the same number, we vote again. Our class votes only about class matters, such as who will lead the clean-up week.
| Action | Who it helps |
|---|---|
| picking up litter | everyone at school |
| sharing bread | neighbours |
| planting a tree | the environment |
Write a letter to your family about one way you could volunteer with them. Say what you want to do, why it helps, and ask for their help. Then hold a class ballot to choose a leader for a clean-up week: each child writes one name on a paper, folds it and puts it in a box. A grown-up counts the votes. Record them in a tally chart with a total, and check that the total equals the number of children who voted.