Millions of people go hungry every day, even in our own backyard. From Oct. 15 Nov. 6, St. Gabriel School will be hosting a food drive to once again support the Downtown Mission. Classrooms will be collecting nonexpired cans and boxes of cereal during this time period. The class in each division with the most food items collected by Oct. 29 will win a Halloween party!! This is our second campaign in conjunction with Free the Children. Let's be Hunger Heroes and SCARE hunger away this Halloween!
Milk Bag Collection
Starting next week we will be collecting milk bags. This initiative was started by a local teen who has been able to turn thousands of milk bags into sleeping mats, pillows and school bags for children and families in Haiti. Please send in any bags to school throughout the school year for this collection!
Battery Collection
Each year, nearly 450,000 children die due to complications associated with zinc deficiency. One AA battery contains the amount of zinc that can save the lives of six children. Let’s help keep batteries out of landfills and help get zinc to the children who need it most. For every battery recycled, Teck will donate the value of zinc it contains to UNICEF in support of our Zinc & Health partnership. Used batteries can be sent to the school for recycling. We will collect batteries throughout the year. You can also take any uses batteries to Staples for recycling collection.
For more information on our Social Justice Club please click
here
No comments:
Post a Comment