Last week, severe weather meant a weekly high school football coaching session in Washington DC, America, had to be cancelled. But the coach had an idea; he sent his team a message; "weightlifting has been cancelled. Find an elderly or disabled neighbour and shovel their driveway. Don't accept any money - that's our Monday workout."
Members of the football team at Dethel Park High School posted photos of their workout and the pictures quickly got attention on social media. David Shelpman explained; "I grabbed some shovels and drove over to pick up Aiden and we spent the next eight hours shovelling driveways and sidewalks for people that we knew couldn't do it for themselves... it made me feel like I was a part of something bigger than myself."
"Honestly, it's just the right thing to do and it feels great to be able to truly help people who need it."
Braedon Del Duca said, "It was cool to see how happy people were when we showed up."
40 players shovelled snow for over 100 houses and some went back out on Tuesday to do it again.
Robert Klien. one of the homeowners who received help said, "These young men have no idea how much something like this means to me and it makes me so proud to live here."
- how can a snow drift make someone feel like an outsider?
- if you are stuck inside your house because of snow, how might that affect your mental health?
- why did Coach ask the team to find an elderly or disabled neighbour rather than just shovel their own driveways?
- why did he say "don't accept any money"?
- "It made me feel like I was a part of something bigger than myself." what does that mean?
- all of the team said shovelling the snow made them feel good- why was that?
- how did shovelling the snow impact on others?
- Why did the actions make Robert Klein feel "proud to live here"?
-what can we learn from this story?
- what is community cohesion? Why is this about community cohesion?
- why is this about No Outsiders? (because the team are helping out people different from themselves. They recognise someone needs help to feel included and they do the job)
No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat
www.no-outsiders.com
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