1. Gators H.E.L.P was formed by a 5/6 class at Applewood Public School in the year of 2011-2012. The official date of its formation was January 16 th, 2012. Gators H.E.L.P

2. How It All Began In the beginning, we were working with the OWYP (One World Youth Project) and we were assigned with Rwanda. We contacted them and they never ended up getting back to us. We were still really interested in doing something, so the 5/6 class decided to make our own organization.

3. Gators H.E.L.P. is a non – profit organization created by the 2011 / 2012 Grade 5/6 Class of Applewood Public School. Gators H.E.L.P. is dedicated to giving all children around the world a better future. H.E.L.P. stands for hunger, education, life and poverty, and we focus our efforts on improving these issues globally as they relate to children. Each year we pick a Millennium Development Goal to focus on to help improve the lives of children around the world. The Millennium Development Goals were established by the United Nations in the year 2000, as a set of guidelines for total global development.

6. Our Penpals: O We have pen pals in China and Guatemala this year. O We hope to have Skype chats with them this year O We are doing this with Mr. Murphy’s class O We will learn about different cultures and about other children through our pen pal connections

8. 2013 – 2014 IDEAS: Button campaign focused on health care and access to clean water Mall Day where we set up different booths A day of learning on a school bus Christmas food and toy drive for Community Care