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Project Pay it Forward is a student-organized project to get students involved in helping their community. If you are challenged, choose an act of kindness you can do and upload a picture to this Padlet, then email two other people and challenge them to do the same (you can use this template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LdY7mOruxhL0KaHd798o2EOe9jLsM4ugWbGoNCLBhao/edit?usp=sharing) . It can be anything that helps someone in your community, big or small. Remember, even something that seems small can really help someone out!

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For the Holiday season, my family and I decided to wrap and donate a gift for child with a parent in prison. This gift acts as a gift from the parent. This helps to make the child's Christmas just a little bit more special and for the parent to send their child some love in a special way.
-Hannah Staehler

I challenge Lucie Peterson and Jayden Ghazaly

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I was not able to get a picture, but after my moms surgery she has need some help. So when she needed to go pick out some clothes from the store helped her out by pushing her around in the wheelchair and helping her out whenever I could, such picking up around the house and getting her breakfast, and lunch.

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I went to my first volunteer session for the LGBT Books to Prisoners project at the Social Justice Center in Madison near where I live. (I attached a link to their website if anyone in the Madison area is interested in volunteering or just wants to read more about it.) Basically how it works is incarcerated people send in letters with their requests for books, volunteers put together book packages for them and mail it to them with a note. My task was wrapping up and labelling the packages. I don't have a picture so you'll just have to take my word for it. It really like the space and the people were super nice and hopefully I was at least somewhat helpful. I'm planning to go back next week also.
-Lucie Peterson

I challenge Lizzy Dudzik and Tessa Jennings

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We are a donation-funded, volunteer-run organization based in Madison, WI that sends books and other educational materials, free of charge, to incarcerated LGBTQ people across the United States. We have been doing this for over 10 years and have sent books to over 9,000 people in that time.

Map of the US displaying distribution of 3,032 packages of books we sent between January 1 and December 31, 2017. It shows concentrations in California, Florida, Pennsylvania, and throughout the Midwest and East coast.

We do this because:

We want to acknowledge, and work against, the oppressive functions of the prison system. Our project shifts some control back into incarcerated people's hands.

Incarcerated persons have little access to reading material, and LGBTQ people behind bars have a particularly hard time finding resources that meet their needs and wants. We are in a position to gather and distribute these resources.

We believe that our work affirms the dignity of all individuals by providing access to knowledge of their choosing, so that they can learn and grow as they desire. We respond to individuals' requests as directly as possible.

LGBTQ people behind bars face many hardships, including - but not limited to - isolation and physical violence. We want them to know that they have a supportive community on the outside that cares about their wellbeing.

Want to get involved? We're always looking for support. If you have some time to volunteer matching letters with books, wrapping packages, or restocking our library, . If you have books, dictionaries, or other LGBTQ resources you'd like to donate, we'd love to help make arrangements through the donation page. You should also visit the donation page if you would like to make a financial contribution, which helps us buy postage and packing supplies. We would be grateful for donations in any amount and can provide a tax receipt for all donations.

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We are a donation-funded, volunteer-run organization based in Madison, WI that sends books and other educational materials, free of charge, to incarcerated LGBTQ people across the United States. We have been doing this for over 10 years and have sent books to over 9,000 people in that time.

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Although I can't fully go out or move around because I got my wisdom teeth pulled out. This weekend I tried to do little things to help around the house, such as sweeping the floor and washing the dishes. I also helped by doing as many of my chores as I could so my family didn't have to add on to there busy schedules.

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In Mequon, Jehovah's Witnesses were doing construction on their kingdom hall. A few brothers and sisters from our Kingdom Hall and I volunteered in catering around lunchtime. I did not take any pictures besides this picture of my hairnet.
- Blake Weske