Donations

Last week you received information about the schoolwide Pennies for Patients program. We have talked a little about this today in class, and will be discussing the reasons behind the campaign tomorrow in class as well as watching a Charlie Brown movie on leukemia. I have talked to the children about bringing money donations to school, and that asking mom or dad for money everyday is not the best solution. We discussed how moms and dads have bills to pay and that they might not be able to give every time. I suggested that they do extra work to make the money or use their own money for this project. We will be doing this project for most of this month, so you may want to think ahead.

Also, I have another somewhat easier request for donations. The Police Departments (both Lawrence and IPD) are collecting gently used stuffed animals for their Children in Crisis program. If your child is like mine, I'm sure your family has a large collection of stuffed creatures that you might be willing to downsize. I will be talking to the kids about this program as well. I need all stuffed animals brought to school by the 14th so that we can donate them.

Thanks for your support.