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Friday, December 23, 2016

Local Students Create Handmade Blankets For Charitable Groups

SNOW HILL – More than 85 students from Snow Hill Elementary School donated 18 handmade blankets to a local and national organization as part of a lesson that keeps on giving.

The blankets, made by third-grade students, found its way to non-profits Diakonia and Care Bags Foundation, a national organization that supplies children in crisis situations with age-appropriate items.

Mia Byrd, third-grade teacher and coordinator, said the unit project, entitled “Making Moments Matter,” was a way for students to incorporate school lessons into real-world applications.

From the beginning of the school year to mid-November, Byrd said students had the opportunity to read realistic fiction and write personal narratives about acts of kindness. These lessons, in addition to their math studies, were then used to make the blankets.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not knocking this act, so don't jump my stuff.
I sorta find it odd that this time of the year was choose to do this, but noting mentioned about Christmas. Like I said, atheist can keep their remarks to themselves. Just my opinion.

Anonymous said...

Leave charity work to the family, church or private groups to teach. Schools need to go back to the basics. No wonder our kids can't do basic math or compose a paragraph. Yet they know about earth day, safe sex and anti bullying.

Anonymous said...

Making blankets for the homeless is equateable to safe sex education, 1:27?? I don't follow your logic.

Anonymous said...

8:54 Yes you do. You know. Don't try to BS.