YES Testimonials

​I’d never really written anything at all before [Books of Hope]. I wrote five pages for this! It was cool, I wanted to do it.” 
– 10th grader
“Working with my autistic buddy has taught me that some people just learn faster than others, and that’s okay” 
– 6th grader
“Your program has allowed me to reach students that I thought were unreachable. Their entire outlook on school and on life has changed drastically; I truly cannot thank you enough.”
– 6th grade Teacher
“Writing these books for the Ugandan kids was cool…they need us.”
– 10th grader

“I love the ability to infuse character education and service learning into a class. Having authentic projects along with the curriculum support you provide, like the reflection journals, enables students to overcome differences, build team spirit and cooperation.” 
– Teacher
"My favorite part was learning about the Gee's Bend women. I liked researching their history learning about how talented they were even though they were so poor." 
– 5th grader
“I enjoyed the fun and interesting geometry projects instead of doing a bunch of dittos.” 
– 5th grader
“I even learned new things about my kids, which was great, since I felt like I knew everything there was to know about them already!” 
– Teacher
“I loved being able to go to school knowing we were going to do something challenging and new every day” 
– 5th grader

“It felt good to know that we could publish such a great newspaper. I didn’t know I could do it, but I can!” 
– 8th grader
“My favorite part was meeting the senior pen pals because we showed them that we do care and we do understand lots of things. And we learned things about them, too!” 
– 6th grader
“I loved writing the Healthy You book because my parents are actually reading it and we’re following the steps together.” 
– 5th grader
“It is great that we can all work together to solve hard problems.” 
– 5th grader

​​Ethics in action creates character