This past Sunday, September 19th, our second graders started their service project for the year: collecting fruit and putting together a welcome basket for families that will be staying with through the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN). The students and their teacher, Mrs. Goetz asked for donations of fresh fruit to fill the basket and then took some time to add the fruit to the basket and walk it over to the Convent where the families would be arriving that afternoon. This a wonderful opportunity for our students to be a part of this wonderful service that our Parish is a part of, and for them to give back some of the blessings that have been given with others. Below are some pictures of our second graders and their hard work! We will host for IHN again in about 3 months and we look forward to all of your help in this wonderful project!
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| The finished product and some happy kids!!! |
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| Working cooperatively to make the basket. |
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| Going to the Convent to deliver the basket and learn about what IHN does for needy families. |
While our 2nd graders were working hard on their fruit baskets the 7th graders were hard at work too! Mr. Bradtmueller took his class over to the Convent to help with the set up required before the families arrive. They worked hard moving mattresses and getting a tour of what the Parish does while our families are here for a week. It was a great opportunity for these students to realize how lucky and blessed they are and to pay it forward in a special way.
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| Moving in cots. |
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| Working cooperatively to get the cots up the stairs! |
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| Smiling kids are feel good about giving back to others! |
