Being of Service
Often in our lives, we find ourselves reaching out to others for support because difficulty and pain have intruded into our daily living. While many of us have been blessed with compassionate help from family and friends who have stepped in to ease our suffering and provide the support we need, there are many in our own society who have no one. Some of them go hungry and have very limited resources for obtaining food. Our MPI community can be a compassionate part of that much needed support for those individuals and families reaching out for help. By initiating a year-round canned food collection project, we can truly be of service to others.
Here is information on our "Sharing Food" project.
Why?
To help our students know that poverty and homelessness are on-going and part of our community.
Our island food banks are struggling because food inventory is down.
Compassion and empathy are best learned from experience and role modeling.
How to help?
Bring in canned foods year round.
When?
Collect foods on the third Thursday of each month during autoline. If this day falls on a holiday or non-school day, another day will be designated. Foods may be brought in on other days also.
Where to store?
In Wilcox Dining Room, below the mirror.
Who can help?
Everyone! All classes (PS - Grade 5) and their families. We are in need of room parents to sign up as drivers to drop off foods on the third Thursday of each month. We are supporting St. Patrick's food pantry in Palolo Valley.
Our fifth graders, Peace Team, will help set up boxes and monitor the "Sharing Food" project area in Dining Room.
COLLECTION / DROP OFF DATES:
(These are the suggested class assignments. We'll need drivers from the various classes on these dates. For example, on September 20, we'll need 2-3 parent/drivers from Kindergarten-Ms. Hitomi's class, to drop off the foods at St. Patrick's food pantry.)
* Sept. 20 - KH
* Oct. 18 - KB
* Nov. 15 - PS
* Dec. 18 (Tues.) - 1-2 B/ 1-2 L
* Jan. 17 - 1-2 F/ 1-2 R
* Feb. 21 - 3-4 B/ 3-4 L
* March 13 (2nd Tues.) - 3-4 F/ 3-4 H
* April 17 - 5 B
* May 15 - 5 H
I hope you will consider being a part of our service project. Thank you for your generous help in advance.
Shirley Rivera
Counseling: PS - Gr. 5
Character Education: Gr. 3 - 5
*Phone: 441-3839 * Email: srivera@midpac.edu
"It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
- Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Posted on September 5, 2007 9:37 AM | Permalink