8th Graders Share Food with IRC Families

In the Middle School, like 7th graders did in November, 8th graders raised $10 apiece by doing chores at home (from babysitting to cleaning around the house and yard work), then brought in the money they earned to purchase items for the holiday dinners for six International Rescue Committee families from Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Students took a culturally appropriate shopping list provided by the IRC and shopped as a grade, then put together and delivered those baskets (they were given $50 to spend for each basket) to the IRC. The students bought food for the same six IRC families served by the 7th graders in November.

Local TV station NBC29 was there to cover the story - check it out here.