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For the last couple of years, Toronto mom Salma Syed and her kids, Maarya, 12, Ibraheem, eight, and Sameeha, six, have been part of Spreading Salam, a group created to help kids volunteer and give back. The kid volunteers socialize a bit with their buddies in the group, make sandwiches and pack them up. Then the parents and some of the older children head to downtown Toronto to deliver the food and bottles of water to homeless people. The kid volunteers involved with Spreading Salam also make and help distribute food baskets to Syrian refugees who?ve made Canada their home. ?We want to make sure that we?re instilling the values in our children to help others?that whole idea of charity and philanthropy and giving first, and not expecting in return,? says Syed. ?I think they like doing it because they take ownership over something and they can see that they?re helping out. And we talk to them about how lucky we are that we don?t have to depend on others for simple things like food and water.? The Syeds and their kids volunteer all year long, but ramp up their efforts during the month of Ramadan (charity is encouraged during Ramadan, and hunger is a cause that is often top of mind during the month-long daylight fast). Syed decided she wanted to make this active charity a family affair when her kids were young so that thinking of others would become second nature....