The ultimate goal of Sparrow Clubs is to impact youth culture by imprinting compassion, generosity, and integrity on the hearts of kids in schools.
Sparrow Clubs exists to set the stage for simple, yet heroic acts of kindness in schools and youth culture, through the concept of empowering kids to help kids in medical need.
The ultimate goal of Sparrow Clubs is to impact youth culture by imprinting compassion, generosity, and integrity on the hearts of kids in local schools. We believe that compassion can overcome anger, that generosity can overcome selfishness, and that integrity can overcome apathy. The Sparrow Clubs program compels and motivates kids of all ages to look beyond themselves for the sake of serving others in need – not just the family of a child in medical need, but others throughout our community. Serving others leads to change at a heart level.
A Sparrow Club is launched when three key elements come together:
A Sparrow child (local child, age 0-17, in medical need/crisis).
2. A local school (elementary, middle/jr. high, high school, public or private) willing to "adopt" this child as their Sparrow.
3. A project sponsor (local business or businesses).
Students at the adopting school meet their Sparrow during an all-school assembly. The values of Sparrow Clubs and the child’s story are told through powerful speech and age-appropriate video. Once students learn about their Sparrow child, they are challenged to make a difference through community service. Each school is challenged to complete a minimum of 256 hours of community service to others, on behalf of their Sparrow.
For every hour of service completed (up to the 256 challenge mark), kids earn $10 for their Sparrow, paid by the project sponsor. Project sponsors donate this money based on the expectation that the students will do service to earn it for their Sparrow. Students are required to fill out "Sparrow Community Service Vouchers," which are verified by parents and teachers, in order for their service to count.
The ultimate goal of Sparrow Clubs is to impact youth culture by imprinting compassion, generosity, and integrity on the hearts of kids in schools. Children in medical need, our Sparrows, are the inspiration that move youth to look beyond themselves for the benefit of others.
