“My family has been involved in supporting the abandoned, neglected and abused children of Central Florida,” Witten said.

Wilbur about it, she told me that a 7th grader, Robbie Witten, was leading the charge in this donation drive.” Wilbur’s Builders Club announced that they were collecting donations for FIT,” Bowden said. Not long after, the news about FIT spread across Trinity’s student body. When Socko and his mother move in with his grandfather, his life changes, and he faces a series of tests concerning his own nature, the nature of the world and his place in it.īowden showed her classes a “60 Minutes” episode about homeless children in Seminole County and how viewers could make a difference by donating clothes and shoes to the Families in Transition, or FIT, fund. He and his friend Damien try to avoid the local gang.

Socko is an inner-city kid who lives in an underprivileged neighborhood. When English teacher Lenna Bowden read her sixth grade students “Summer on the Moon” by Adrian Fogelin, she wanted the students to be able to relate to the protagonist, Socko, and the struggles he went through. Most recently, a group of sixth graders assembled to collect clothing for the less fortunate.

This year, Trinity Prep students will finish constructing their 15th Habitat for Humanity house. The past few years, Generation Z has been picking up its parents’ slack and jumping feet first into community service. People would picture prisoners picking up trash on the side of the road. A generation ago, community service was seen as a punishment.

Summer on the moon by adrian fogelin