Leadership Matters January 2014

Holiday Season of Sharing

Des Plaines CC #62 - Dr. Jane Westerhold Central Elementary School's Student Council members sponsored a Snug Hug drive to donate hats, scarves, mittens, and gloves for families in need. 2nd grade students heard about the typhoon in the Philippines and did a coin drive to help.

Township High School District 214 - Dr. David Schuler Photo 1: Wheeling High School students sort food in the school cafeteria as part of school-wide food drive. Photo 2: Wheeling High School sophomore helps box canned food during student-run food drive. Photo 3: Hersey High School students organize food drive.

Woodridge #68 - Dr. Cathy Skinner Members of the Student Council and Builder’s Club at Thomas Jefferson Junior High co-sponsored a toy drive to benefit the local community pantry. There were so many gifts that it took more than 40 students over an hour to wrap them all! Chorus and choir members from Edgewood Elementary School and Thomas Jefferson Junior High entertained a large crowd with holiday cheer at the Village of Woodridge tree lighting ceremony; Chorus members from William F. Murphy Elementary School in Woodridge School District 68 entertained residents at three different nursing and retirement homes. Students spread holiday cheer and encouraged audience participation.

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