Submitted by Pat Kane
Students and parents at Evergreen Elementary have been steadily working to serve the local community this Fall. Serving others in our area ranks as a high priority on our list of things to do within the Evergreen community. Showing our children how to serve others is something we strive for on a continual basis.
On October 17, Evergreen’s Fourth Grade students collected and organized an abundance of gently-used Halloween costumes for members of the Boys and Girls Club of Union County. The students also helped to make candy bags that were shared with these same children at the 2018 Fall Festival hosted by the Plainfield Club.
Just in time for the holidays, Evergreen students and parents through the leadership of the Kids Care Committee at Evergreen collected a huge and diverse inventory of clean and gently used toys to donate to Second Chance Toys on Tuesday, November 13. This organization rescues and recycles gently used plastic toys for children in need whilst keeping thousands of pounds of plastic out of our landfills. Second Chance Toys (SCT) was founded in 2006 by Sasha Lipton, the daughter of Bronna Lipton who is a former teacher at Evergreen Elementary. SCT collected their 300,000 toy at the Evergreen Second Chance Toy drive!
On Thursday November 15, the Evergreen community rallied to collect food for our yearly Thanksgiving Food Drive. Also led by the Kids Care Committee, this food drive benefits families within our community by providing them baskets full of everything needed to enjoy a wonderful holiday meal including a turkey.
Thanks to the Fourth Grade Service Project Committee led by RosaAnna Passucci and Christine Laudman as well as their awesome team for organizing and executing the Halloween service project with heart. Thanks also goes to Lindsay DeMasi and Kathleen Migliaccio for leading the Evergreen Kids Care Committee during these past few years – the Second Chance Toy Drive and Thanksgiving Food Drive are only some examples of the way parents help our children “do good” all year round!
