Cold weather gives students chance to help
By reaching out a helping hand, David Crockett High School students are working hard to turn this winters recent blasts into a blessing for area homeless.
Theyve gotten very excited about this, said Jessica Gourley of her students in DCHS Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club. Theyre starting to learn not to take things for granted, and theyre very receptive to helping.
The club, which consists of about 40 students, decided to help by sponsoring a drive to fill Blessing Bags bags that would hold needed items for homeless individiuals and families, as well as families needing to stay at the Ronald McDonald House.
Items included in the bags included such things as toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, combs, shampoo, razors, shaving cream and soap anything you might need if you werent in your home, Gourley said.
The students filled the Blessing Bags, then worked to distribute them to appropriate locations.
We all came up with the idea together, Gourley said.
Their most recent visit was right before the last big snow, on Feb. 12.
It went great, Gourley said. We delivered 106 bags 70 to the Haven of Mercy and the rest to the Ronald McDonald House.
We got it right in before the big snows came, so that was very helpful.
Though everyone is hoping icy weather is now a thing of the past, Gourley said the students havent stopped working on their goal to provide those who need it with a bit of assistance during difficult times. This is an ongoing project, Gourley said.