[November 17, 2009]
Mansfield ISD schools provide numerous opportunities for campus communities to give back in order to help needy families. The following list is compilation of food, toy and clothing drives for the holidays. Check back to this page as more campuses share their information.
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Elementary Schools
Charlotte Anderson Elementary School
The PTA Dad's Club will be collecting toys for the TOYS FOR TOTS drive. The week before we get out for Christmas break (Dec. 14-18) dads from the Dad's club will be wearing their Santa hats collecting new toys for Toys for Tots.
CAE just finished their can food drive that 1st and 4th grade sponsored during Red Ribbon Week. Using the theme "we CAN say no to drugs" we tied it into our Say "NO" to drugs Red Ribbon Week theme in October. The 4th graders made charts and graphs to see which grade brought in the most cans to bring in an educational twist to their fundraising efforts. They learned valuable lessons about helping others and also had fun learning how to update and chart multi-line graphs... always learning at Charlotte Anderson!
Carol Holt Elementary School
Canned Food drive - collected over 2,000 cans.
Angel Tree for economically disadvantaged - will provide educational toys to over 50 of our students.
Cora Spencer Elementary School
The campus will hold their annual canned food drive from December 1st through the 11th this year. All proceeds from the drive will be donated to the Living Word Outreach through Common Ground.
Alice Ponder Elementary School
Warm Tree--December 9-15 - Students will donate "warm" items, such as gloves, scarves, hats, and socks, to benefit those less fortunate in our community.
Elizabeth Smith Elementary School
Smith Elementary Dad's Club will be collecting toys and food for the Wesley Mission Center/ Common Ground in the First United Methodist Church parking lot December 12 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Look for Dad's Club members in their Santa hats.
Roberta Tipps Elementary School
Tipps Elementary participated in two community outreach opportunities- a toy drive to benefit the Wesley Mission Center, and a fundraiser event in honor of Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County. Students and staff had two opportunities to spread joy in our community. Each grade level had their own toy theme, and for every dollar brought for Meals on Wheel, students were given a car to color and attach to a bulletin board located at the front of the school. The students and staff of Roberta Tipps donated a total of 268 toys and raised $1,368 for Meals on Wheels.
Intermediate Schools
Della Icenhower Intermediate School
The Icenhower Staff is sponsoring an Angel Tree for several of our students and their families. This is a popular event and has been quite successful in the past.
Student Council is currently sponsoring a canned food drive which ends Tuesday, November 17. The food will be donated to St. Jude's Catholic Church in Mansfield.
Mary Lillard Intermediate School
Friday, November 13, 2009, our Student Government & Physical Education Department hosted a PE Game Night. Students donated $15 to come play games, hang out with friends, and enjoy pizza and drinks. The groups used the proceeds to purchase, prepare and mail care packages to troops overseas in time for the holidays.
Donna Shepard Intermediate School
The Student Council will sponsor a food drive the week of November 16–20. They will be collecting food by classes and the winning class gets an ice cream sundae party. The school also donated over 700 pairs of blue jeans to the District PTA Clothes Closet. The school will also conduct an Angel Tree gift drive.
Middle Schools
James Coble Middle School
Our AVID program volunteered at Mission Arlington in late October (50 students and parents) to help with Thanksgiving preparations.
Our NJHS canned food drive ends 11/13/09. These items will be donated to Mission Arlington next week so they'll have them in time for Thanksgiving.
The NJHS and a few Language Arts classes are making 184 Christmas Cards to send to a platoon of Marines serving in Afghanistan. We will be sending them out on December 1 in hopes of brightening the holidays for them.
High Schools
Summit High School
The Student Council at Summit High School will be doing a Thanksgiving Food drive the week of November 16-20. They are asking students to bring Thanksgiving meal ingredients, and they are then going to compile all their donations and make baskets for families who are in need of a thanksgiving meal. Hopefully it will be all the ingredients they need for their meal, minus a turkey.
Summit the Key Club Activities include;
1. We are donating a decorated holiday tree and canned goods to a low income family as part of the Holiday Tree Challenge at Mansfield Activity Center.
2. On 12/5 we are volunteering at Breakfast with Santa at Mansfield Activity Center.
3. We are sponsoring Adopt A Child. 40 children from low income families will be "adopted" by second period classes. Parents will pick ups gifts on 12/11 from 4:00 until 6:00 PM.
4. We'll serve lunch and do holiday crafts with the homeless at Unity Park in Ft. Worth on 12/12.
5. On 12/16 we'll carol at Matlock Place.
6. On 12/17 we'll read holiday stories with the children at the Boys & Girls Club.
Ben Barber Career Tech Academy
Bikes for Angels - The Automotive Technology Department at Ben Barber Career Tech Academy kicked off their school fundraiser, Bikes for Angels Fund for Christmas 2009.
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