LM January 2016

Holiday season of giving, volunteering and cheer

Elmwood Unit 322 Chad Wagner, superintendent Each year during the holiday season, Elmwood Elementary School sponsors a canned food drive for the Elmwood community. The children bring food items to school, put them under the tree, and students work together to organize all donations. Pictured are students with their Principal, Mr. Frost, packing boxes for delivery. The students filled a bus and delivered to a local church where many community volunteers sorted, filled food baskets, and distributed them within the community. By working together, they hoped to brighten the holidays for those families who need a little extra during this holiday season.

Troy Community Consolidated School District 30-C,

Dr. Todd Koehl, superintendent Troy Shorewood Elementary School's Student Ambassadors

organized a "Yes-ember" food drive in their school that they donated to local food banks. This is the first year for Shorewood's Student Ambassadors program. Its goal is to provide its fourth-grade students with the opportunity to be leaders and positively influence changes in their school and community. In their December "Yes-

ember" food drive, the ambassadors said "yes" to continuing their mission of helping others. Earlier this school year, they collected more than 1,123 new hats, gloves, jackets, scarves and socks during their "Socktober" drive. The items were donated to a Joliet homeless shelter.

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