The gift of giving: traditional March amulets
The Gift of Giving! - recycling 1621 traditional March amulets and offering them to ladies and young ladies from 14 localities
Liceul Teoretic "Mircea Eliade" Întorsura Buzăului
Name of coordinating teacher(s): Bularca Maria, Cristea Petruța Raluca, Văcăruș Costina
Beneficiaries/participants: Approximately 15 teachers and the employees from the other departments collected amulets
4 classes of students (IX A, IX B, XC and XI C) reconditioned them.
Approximately 45 volunteers of our high school offered the amulets to 1621 women from 14 localities in the Buzaielor area.
Period: February 1 - March 1, 2024
Venue:
"Mircea Eliade" Theoretical High School and the whole Buzaielor area (Sita Buzăului and its neighboring villages, Barcani and its neighboring villages, Vama Buzăului, Ciumernic, Întorsura Buzăului, Floroaia Mare, Floroaia Mică etc.)
The need that the reported initiative meets: Every year the female teachers receive a lot of amulets which, most likely, end up being kept in a box or thrown away. Reconditioned and offeres as gifts, they bring much joy on the faces of ladies and young ladies.
Activity description:
Step 1: First, we put an announcement on social media and in the Covasna Observer that we were collecting used amulets. We also took a collection box to a cafe that is very visited by locals.
Then, we reconditioned the 1621 donated pieces:
Results: the whole action was extraordinary: the pupils enjoyed reconditioning them, but especially giving them to the ladies and young ladies they met on the street, or sought by them: at the hospital, at the churches in the Buzaielor area, at the town hall, at social offices. They visited grandmothers in various outlying villages .... to their great joy - on both sides.
Medium and long term impact: The action was in its second edition - partnership with the Youth Center of Întorsura Buzăului and will surely continue in the coming years.
Proposed objectives:
💚Awareness of the importance of protecting the environment
💚Involving young people in environmental actions
💚 the joy of GIVING