This year we chose to help out with Sara’s 2nd grade class service project and make it ours for this Christmas. Sara’s class was preparing to visit a local nursing home and sing songs, recite poems and bring cheer to the residents that lived there. As part of this project they wanted to give a fleece blanket to all the grandmas and grandpas and asked the families to donate a piece of fleece. As a family we wanted to make sure that all the grandmas and grandpas received a blanket so we bought enough fleece to make 9 blankets. For each blanket we cut fringe around the edges and tied all the pieces to make a beautiful present for the residents. Sara then took all of our finished blankets to school the morning of their field trip. This was something that Sara and Ella had a lot of fun doing. We sat in the living room, each tying an edge of the blanket and talked about different things going on. It was a fun “hands on” service project.
Sara’s comments: Sara thought that making the blankets was fun. Sara’s class got to go all around to hand out the blankets. She said that the grandmas and grandpas were happy, one grandpa even hugged her he was so happy! She was able to sing songs to some of the residents which she thought was tons of fun. Going to the nursing home made Sara feel happy.
Ella’s comments: Ella didn’t think it was any fun making the blankets. But she did make them for the old people because she wanted them to have a blanket and didn’t want anyone to be left out. She felt happy making the blankets even though it wasn’t much fun, because she was serving others.
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