Essay one provided ways that I could teach my students how they can be proactive in their local communities. Once I read the essay about the canned food drive I had a different thought of canned food drives. Many school will hold a canned food drive and say they are giving to those in need, but I do not believe that they think about other needs that people living in poverty have. These people also need many daily essentials such as a toothbrush, soap, or even deodorant. This essay in my opinion gave so much insight on the underlying necessities that are needed by homeless people or people living in poverty. I feel that they students would change how they look at people that they see on the side of the road by completing this service learning
