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2nd Annual School Wide Day of Service at Paddock is a huge success!
Paddock Elementary hosted 2nd annual School Wide Day of Service in April. The event was a huge success. Read about what organizations they helped during that day!
"Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't even have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve... You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love…" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
All 800+ students at Stuart R. Paddock elementary school in Palatine engaged in serving others during a school-wide day of service on Friday, April 26th. The Community Cares PTA team planned service projects benefitting the school, Palatine and the world for each classroom. Over 50 volunteers donated materials and helped facilitate the projects with the support of Paddock teachers and staff. Thank you to all the Paddock teachers, staff, families and students for your participation and support for this project! Many thanks also go out to the committee chairs, Susanne Glazbrook and Julie VanderArk for their commitment to such a wonderful project!
The hands-on service projects for k-6th grade students included:
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- Creating 70 recycled coloring books for children in Beganabe, Haiti for Bright Hope;
- Designing hundreds of bookmarks and rulers for students in Kenya for Oasis for Orphans;
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- Creating three colorful wall murals and over 100 centerpieces for the Plum Grove Nursing Home in Palatine;
- Creating over 100 bright and cheerful tissue paper flowers in homemade vases for Meals on Wheels recipients;
- Creating placemats for residents at Journeys from PADS to HOPE;
- Beautifying the school, including cleaning the computer lab;
- Collecting many boxes of food and making placemats for the Palatine Township Food Pantry;
- Braiding 200 fleece dog pulls for the West DuPage Humane Society;
- A parent volunteer guiding students through a relaxation technique to create over 80 paintings evoking peace and happiness for Home Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Illinois;
- Writing many cards and letters for children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The students enjoyed participating in projects to help animals, the environment and people in their community and around the world. They engaged in great discussions about service and how, even as children, they can make a difference in their community and the world through their acts of kindness and helping others.
