Journaling Giving Back|Wise Selfish Idea|Blogging community service activities

MY TICKER

Time Spent

250 Hours

Money Raised

$ 1150

Partnerships

Five

Collective Time Spent

352 Hours

Ridge Gives Back - 2023

This year I had one of my first experiences of participating in community service alongside my school. As a freshman, I had never heard...

Jul 19, 20232 min read

Cards for Veterans

Jan 2021, Covid 19 still in full swing, lives confined to homes 24/7, little to none social interactions, virtual schooling and amidst...

Jan 22, 20232 min read

I am back

Whoa, a whopping year plus, gone with a whoosh! Been a slacker when it comes to adding posts, but I was busy doing my part. So much to...

Nov 28, 20221 min read

Allen Road Clean Up

How much trash do you think is on the roads? I don’t know the answer, but I do join in to help clean them up. “Allen Road Clean Up” is an...

Feb 28, 20211 min read

Shoes To Families In Honduras

Climate change has increased the amount of hurricane activity in the world. In Honduras, over 150,000 people lost their homes due to two...

Feb 13, 20212 min read

The Scrunchie Project

In the early days of this pandemic, masks were a must have, and they still are. However, they weren’t as abundant and many hospitals...

Jan 29, 20211 min read

2020 Thanksgiving Cookie Bake

Year 2020, like many changes to life brought in a twist to our annual cookie bake as well. We couldn’t do our fourth year of cookie bake...

Jan 28, 20211 min read

ABOUT ME

love journaling mine and collective service projects

Hi there! Nice to see you! I’m Shaivi Manne, currently a high-schooler from New Jersey journaling my involvement in the community. My eleven year old brother Kavish Manne is also part of this journey and that keeps it interesting. We started this in 2020 with the goal to share our experiences and in the hopes of encouraging others to give back, and make this a platform for exchanging ideas and perhaps collaborate! Let's inspire each other to be “Wise Selfish”.

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READING NOW

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is set in Nazi Germany, with a girl named Liesel Meminger as the protagonist. With the war raging on, she steals books from all sorts of places; each one having a special meaning to her. Along the way, Liesel befriends a Jewish man hidden in her foster family’s basement. The narrator is the most intriguing part of the book, and you have to read it yourself to find out how and why??...

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