This year we have split our Christmas Jar money into 2 projects.
1. Excelsior, the school I work in, helps students in need and their families for Christmas. Last year they supported 98 kids and 46 families and it grows each year. So we adopted 4 kids and went to the store to buy Christmas presents for them.
2. Then I talked to my OCM group at school. We meet every Wednesday and talk have lessons on how we treat people, etc to fight against bullying. I suggested to them that it would be awesome for us as a class to do some sort of service project- a way to give back. I mentioned the animal shelter and they were automatically on board and so excited!!
SO, over Thanksgiving, I sewed 3 blankets and this week at school they tied them. They had the best time, even the boys! They have been brining in bags of supplies. I will be delivering them to the shelter this week so I will pos more pics after that. A neat part of the story is we have 1 student who has a very difficult home life and his aid at school bought stuff that he could donate. I wish I could have recorded his face when he came in to donate the items to the shelter. He was so excited. He doesnt often get the opportunity to give and he just thought this was the best!
They are in desperate need of PB and hotdogs
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