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Blankets of Hope
During a special gathering in Tagart Chapel on November 30, third graders presented 26 handmade fleece blankets to Tricia Hayden, services coordinator for The Red Devils, an organization dedicated to improving quality of life for breast cancer patients and their families. The students also gave blankets to two McDonogh teachers who have had breast cancer.
Blankets were not the only loving gift shared. As part of the “Blankets of Hope” project, each third grader wrote a poem about hope. Eight students read their heartwarming poems during the program. The collection of all 68 poems is being bound into a book called “Dreaming of Hope,” which will be given to The Red Devils and oncology units at area hospitals.
The entire chapel was filled with emotion as the students sang inspirational songs and talked about their community service journey that began when they opened a shoeshine stand to raise money for the materials needed to make the blankets. The idea to shine shoes for a good cause came from their summer reading book “The Shoeshine Girl” by Clyde Bulla.
Third graders partnered with sixth graders to make the blankets on November 12, a special day they called “A Day of Hope.”
While making the blankets, third grader Kayla A. said to her new sixth grade friend, “I think we are going to make many people happy and give them hope in themselves to defeat cancer.”
Third grade teacher Margaret Bitz, formerly a sixth grade teacher, feels that the relationships formed through this project will help the current third graders adjust to Middle School down the road. “The current sixth graders will be eighth graders when these kids enter fifth grade. They can look out for each other,” said Bitz.
The sixth grade choir joined their new friends in singing “I am a Small Part of the World” at the conclusion of the program.
Bitz, who introduced “Blankets of Hope” last year, said, “We want to do this project every year. It is moving, powerful, and meaningful.”
Third grader Alex R. couldn't agree more, "We need to make more blankets because we didn't make enough for all cancer patients."
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During a special gathering in Tagart Chapel on November 30, third graders presented 26 handmade fleece blankets to Tricia Hayden, services coordinator for The Red Devils, an organization dedicated to improving quality of life for breast cancer patients and their families. The students also gave blankets to two McDonogh teachers who have had breast cancer.
Blankets were not the only loving gift shared. As part of the “Blankets of Hope” project, each third grader wrote a poem about hope. Eight students read their heartwarming poems during the program. The collection of all 68 poems is being bound into a book called “Dreaming of Hope,” which will be given to The Red Devils and oncology units at area hospitals.
The entire chapel was filled with emotion as the students sang inspirational songs and talked about their community service journey that began when they opened a shoeshine stand to raise money for the materials needed to make the blankets. The idea to shine shoes for a good cause came from their summer reading book “The Shoeshine Girl” by Clyde Bulla.
Third graders partnered with sixth graders to make the blankets on November 12, a special day they called “A Day of Hope.”
While making the blankets, third grader Kayla A. said to her new sixth grade friend, “I think we are going to make many people happy and give them hope in themselves to defeat cancer.”
Third grade teacher Margaret Bitz, formerly a sixth grade teacher, feels that the relationships formed through this project will help the current third graders adjust to Middle School down the road. “The current sixth graders will be eighth graders when these kids enter fifth grade. They can look out for each other,” said Bitz.
The sixth grade choir joined their new friends in singing “I am a Small Part of the World” at the conclusion of the program.
Bitz, who introduced “Blankets of Hope” last year, said, “We want to do this project every year. It is moving, powerful, and meaningful.”
Third grader Alex R. couldn't agree more, "We need to make more blankets because we didn't make enough for all cancer patients."