Dear St. Anne Parents,
I want to thank all of you for being so generous with your donations to the homeless families living at St. Joseph Family Center. We have collected over $2,000.00 so far. Yesterday after school, Ms. Wong, Ms. Lam, Mrs. Wilson and I took fourteen (K-8) students shopping at Target for 11 children ages newborn - 16 years old. I have to say, "You parents have done a great job training your children to be discriminating shoppers." The children knew exactly what was a good deal and what the children would like to play with or wear. This experience is another attempt on our part to involve our students with helping to improve the lives of other people. Who knows better what a 10 year old child would like, other than another child! In addition to the children's gifts, we are able to give the parents a Target gift card that they can use to buy a gift or two. Donating money to help other children and parents in need and then going out shopping for those families is another lived-out example of one of our Schoolwide Learning Expectations...."...caring for our worldwide family." Again, thank you moms and dads for giving your children this opportunity to grow and develop in their awareness of and care for people in need.
