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Holiday Season of Sharing
North Palos #117 - Jeannie Stachowiak
Beverly Pollit’s kindergarten class collected food for the
Palos Township Food Pantry. Sorrick School students
conducted a pajama drive for children in need. Oak Ridge
School held a food drive to help stock a community food
pantry and collected toys and gift cards to help a local
children's hospital provide gifts for kids in the pediatric
oncology unit.
Glen Oaks School students collected pop tops to help raise
money for kids who need kidney dialysis at a nearby Ronald
McDonald's House. Oak Ridge School conducted an annual
"Giving Tree" event in which students brought in gloves,
scarves, hats, slippers and socks to help those in need.
Rochelle Twp #212 - Jamie Craven
Volunteers from the Rochelle Township
High School FFA & International Clubs in
northern Illinois teamed up with Rochelle
Community Hospital Nurses, the staff at
Anderson Plumbing & WRHL Radio to
distribute and deliver more than 200
Thanksgiving turkeys and boxes filled with
non-perishable foods in spite of single digit
wind chills.
Hiawatha CUSD 426 - Dr. Sarah Willey
Mrs. Jorzak’s third graders collected items
to be donated to the Clothes Closet in
Kirkland. They feel they have experienced
the true meaning of giving back to the
community.
