He co-teaches a 5th grade class, and does something called "Happy Helpers" where he lets the students decide what type of community outreach they want to do, then lets them plan it all, and then helps them execute it. In the fall, they make hundreds of handmade cards to pass out to the local nursing homes for the folks who have no families during the holidays. This spring, he told the kids about a need and a ministry called Backpack Love.
The ministry stuffs backpacks full of non-perishables and gives them to children on Fridays to feed their entire family for the weekend. The need was found when children would come to school on Mondays nearly famished, scarfing down their free meals. It was investigated and discovered that these children wouldn't have eaten for the entire weekend. So, Beau and his father Todd Robson (of Straight Street Revolution) helped to start this ministry to meet this incredibly large poverty need. Cody's 5th grade students ate up the opportunity to be able to help other kids their age. They decided to talk to the newspapers and radio stations to get the word out and raise food for this program. Then, Cody took the students to the warehouse to pack backpacks! I happened to be there to take a few actions shots.
For more information about Backpack Love, you can go here.
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