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Grade 8's Making the Season Brighter

As a continuation of our College Park Kindness Project, the Grade 8s took up the torch for December.   As a group, they worked to address kindness in three ways: In our community at large - by encouraging our students and staff to bring in items for the Men’s Shelter.  This was in the form of toiletries, winter clothing, and other necessities. In our neighborhood - students went out shoveling driveways and sidewalks in the community and encouraged residents to pay kindness forward. In our world - we partnered with a very high needs elementary school in Red Deer and had a used clothing drive for the families of that school. The average income for those providing for children at the school is between $11,000 - $17,000, and the donations were greatly appreciated. Class ambassadors met vehicles and collected donations at the front of the school from December 13th - 21st, and the students did great work in making the Christmases and Holidays of those in need a l...