Helping Our Community Through Our Annual Food Drive

Families often look for age-appropriate ways to help children understand what it means to care for others. Our annual food drive gives children a concrete role in supporting families in the community, beginning with something simple: carrying a donation and placing it in the collection bin.

From Monday, November 2, through Friday, November 13, Child's World School Encino will collect nonperishable canned foods and dry goods for a local church food pantry. Ms. Debbie will provide families with a list of suggested items, and donation bins will be set up in front of the front office.

Giving Children a Role

We encourage families to let their children help choose, carry and place their donations in the bin. Participating directly helps make the idea of community care easier for young children to understand. They can take part alongside their families and see that people can work together when others need support.

The experience will look different across age groups. Our youngest children can participate in the physical act of adding an item to the collection. Our kindergarteners can explore the idea more deeply through age-appropriate conversations about community needs, giving and ways people can help one another.

These conversations are part of the whole-child learning we value at Child's World Encino. Social and emotional development grows through real experiences that connect children's lives at home and school with the wider community. The food drive gives our families a shared way to practice care during the holiday season.

Food Drive Details

Dates: November 2 through November 13, 2026Requested donations: Nonperishable canned foods and dry goodsDrop-off location: Collection bins in front of the front officeBeneficiary: A local church food pantry

Thank you to our families for helping make this schoolwide effort possible and for including your children in the experience of giving.