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School Children Participate in Holiday Service Projects
By Julie Slama
(taken from http://www.MurrayJournal.com)
For about two weeks in December, Horizon kindergartners donated socks to The Road Home shelter. It's one of several service projects Murray students performed over the holiday season.
"I decided to collects sock because it is an item that The Road Home is always in need of, especially in the cold winter months, and is something that parents can purchase for a relatively small amount," teacher Lindsey Romero said. "The biggest thing I hope to gain from doing this service learning project is that my students, no matter how young they might be, can help to make a difference in their community."
Romero also included the project as part of her class: "We are talking about the difference between things we want and things we need. We will talk about how some people don't have homes, places to live, or clothes, and as a class work to make someone's life a little better by sharing items with them that they don't have access to for one reason or another."
Clothing was the common thread at several schools.
At Grant Elementary, 16 families with children received needed items as part of their annual Angel Tree, said school counselor Christin Jacketta. Murray High students also gathered clothing and shoes for families in need.
Riverview and Hillcrest junior high students tried to raise $5,000 at each school for their annual Sub-for-Santa drives.
RJH students held a penny war, where they donated coins in their homeroom as a contest to bring in the most funds, said Amy Roberds, who has coordinated the school's Sub-for-Santa program for 14 years.
"I would hope that students would understand that even donations as small as pennies can make a world of difference to someone who has virtually nothing," Roberds said.
Hillcrest teachers Missy Rose and Lindsey Adams coordinated their schools' home-room class competitions.
"We want the kids to come up for the donations themselves," Rose said. "It can be as simple as going without chips or soda or something extra in their lives and saving that money to give to someone who needs essentials."
Giving essentials is what Liberty Elementary students did. Students created coloring books, art kits and games for the kids at the Midvale Road Home, said PTA president Desirae Ogden. All-day kindergarten students also donated coats.
"Making a difference is our theme this year and when we help others, we can see the difference we're making and our students look forward to finding other ways they can help people," she said.
Liberty, Viewmont, McMillan and Longview students all held food drives for the Utah Food Bank.
Kierra Van Beekum's third- and fourth-grade McMillan class was so pumped up with its food drive that they brought in 434 items, more than any other class.
"They were so excited and I was floored at the amount they brought it," Van Beekum said.
Counselor Anne Smith said that donating food is a Longview tradition.
"We've done it since the food bank disperses to everybody in need," she said. "We want the students to do extra chores to earn the money to buy the food. It also ties into our virtue of the month of service and we've put up students' drawings and writings which illustrate that and we tie our reading into it as well."
Smith also said that faculty and staff at the school donated gloves earmarked for Midvale's Road Home teen-agers.
Caption — Horizon Kindergarten students contributed socks as part of their holiday service project. Pictured are, front from left, Bryce Hennessey and Raydon Smith; back from left, Micah Fredrickson, Tyson Averett and Sam McKinney.
"I decided to collects sock because it is an item that The Road Home is always in need of, especially in the cold winter months, and is something that parents can purchase for a relatively small amount," teacher Lindsey Romero said. "The biggest thing I hope to gain from doing this service learning project is that my students, no matter how young they might be, can help to make a difference in their community."
Romero also included the project as part of her class: "We are talking about the difference between things we want and things we need. We will talk about how some people don't have homes, places to live, or clothes, and as a class work to make someone's life a little better by sharing items with them that they don't have access to for one reason or another."
Clothing was the common thread at several schools.
At Grant Elementary, 16 families with children received needed items as part of their annual Angel Tree, said school counselor Christin Jacketta. Murray High students also gathered clothing and shoes for families in need.
Riverview and Hillcrest junior high students tried to raise $5,000 at each school for their annual Sub-for-Santa drives.
RJH students held a penny war, where they donated coins in their homeroom as a contest to bring in the most funds, said Amy Roberds, who has coordinated the school's Sub-for-Santa program for 14 years.
"I would hope that students would understand that even donations as small as pennies can make a world of difference to someone who has virtually nothing," Roberds said.
Hillcrest teachers Missy Rose and Lindsey Adams coordinated their schools' home-room class competitions.
"We want the kids to come up for the donations themselves," Rose said. "It can be as simple as going without chips or soda or something extra in their lives and saving that money to give to someone who needs essentials."
Giving essentials is what Liberty Elementary students did. Students created coloring books, art kits and games for the kids at the Midvale Road Home, said PTA president Desirae Ogden. All-day kindergarten students also donated coats.
"Making a difference is our theme this year and when we help others, we can see the difference we're making and our students look forward to finding other ways they can help people," she said.
Liberty, Viewmont, McMillan and Longview students all held food drives for the Utah Food Bank.
Kierra Van Beekum's third- and fourth-grade McMillan class was so pumped up with its food drive that they brought in 434 items, more than any other class.
"They were so excited and I was floored at the amount they brought it," Van Beekum said.
Counselor Anne Smith said that donating food is a Longview tradition.
"We've done it since the food bank disperses to everybody in need," she said. "We want the students to do extra chores to earn the money to buy the food. It also ties into our virtue of the month of service and we've put up students' drawings and writings which illustrate that and we tie our reading into it as well."
Smith also said that faculty and staff at the school donated gloves earmarked for Midvale's Road Home teen-agers.
Caption — Horizon Kindergarten students contributed socks as part of their holiday service project. Pictured are, front from left, Bryce Hennessey and Raydon Smith; back from left, Micah Fredrickson, Tyson Averett and Sam McKinney.
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