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Ministry in Action
2009-2010 School Year Halloween Bags for Our Soldiers Academy of Our Lady of Peace Students
Send Halloween Treats to U.S. Soldiers Middle school students at The Academy of Our Lady of Peace School in New Providence collected candy and assembled gift bags for our soldiers in Iraq. With one amazing effort, Academy students managed to collect enough candy to fill 800 goodie bags. The Academy students also expressed their gratitude to our troops and sent prayers for their safety along with the Halloween treats. Many thanks to Academy math teacher, Mr. Meehan, who delivered the bags to The 304th Civil Affairs Brigade in Philadelphia for delivery overseas, and Ms. Diane Wachter, 304th Civil Affairs Family Readiness Coordinator, who arranged to deliver the candy to our soldiers free of charge.
2008-09 School Year Breakfast Food Drive Mrs. Frith's religion classes are collecting breakfast items from our school community during the month of February 2009. Any kind of non-perishable breakfast items such as: coffee, tea, powdered milk, powdered pancake, biscuit, waffle and bread mixes, jams and powdered eggs would be greatly appreciated. Please drop them off in the box outside Mrs. Frith's room. Winter Clothing Drive Winter Clothing Drive - Part One has the 5th graders collecting new socks, scarves, hats, gloves and mittens and it will run through the months of November and December. Items should be new and left in the homerooms. Middle school students will also be collecting gently used coats, sweaters and sweat pants [snow boots are OK] and this will be running parallel to the other clothing drive. Drop them off in your homeroom and our students will gladly find homes for them! Food Drive In addition to the clothing drives above, our students are also collecting various food items. Candied yams, cranberry sauce, and mac n' cheese donations can be placed in the box outside the school office until Wednesday, November 25th. We can all spare a can or two! Please help. Horizon School Outreach Our students in Grade 8 have partnered with the Horizon School in Livingston for many years. Horizon School and Horizon High School serve more than 150 students ages 3-21 with multiple disabilities. Our students spend several First Fridays and other half days working with these students on projects and enjoying the holidays as well. In many ways it is our Academy students that come away transformed and inspired from this worthwhile experience. Many of the Horizon students come from needy families and at Christmas time, our very generous families participate in the Christmas in a Box program to purchase holiday gifts for these students and their families. It is truly a wonderful way to remember the true meaning of Christmas and that, as Jesus taught us, we are called to help and love our fellow man. Halloween Bags for Our
Soldiers The candy bags actually arrived in Iraq on Halloween just in time for the soldiers to enjoy the holiday away from home. We even received two pictures from Iraq showing the joy on the soldiers' faces with the goody bags in their hands. God bless them all!
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