Spring Lake school focuses on generosity
December 19, 2024 at 1:48 p.m.
In St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish, Spring Lake, the spirit of giving is alive and well with help from the St. Catharine School Dads Club and PTA.
Giving Trees installed in both parish worship sites – St. Catharine and St. Margaret Churches – as well as in St. Catharine School have been decorated with tags detailing requests for clothing, toys, crafts, games, gift cards and donations for needy children and families.
Students of SCS, pictured above, assisted with creating tags, while the Dads Club, led by SCS parent Bobby Jones, and their team of volunteers plan to deliver the resulting gift donations to The Madonna House, Mercy Center, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Lakewood, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Asbury Park. St. Rose High School is also assisting with obtaining gifts.
Meanwhile, the school has also paired with The People’s Pantry, Asbury Park, to adopt some of the agency’s families this season. The agency is a nonprofit founded and run by Heather Egan since August 2020, and offers food, clothing, hygiene products, toys and fresh organic produce to members of the public in need on the first and third Tuesday each month at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Asbury Park.
“The People’s Pantry has sent our school the wish lists for their families, and our students will purchase these gifts in the hopes of helping them,” said SCS PTA president Marybeth Thomas.
Additionally, following the school day on Dec. 12, students will visit The Arbors nursing home in Spring Lake Heights to provide Christmas caroling for the residents.
“We will visit each room and sing Christmas carols, while distributing candy canes and heartfelt notes,” Thomas said. “We had a similar event during Halloween called ‘Reverse Trick or Treating.’ Our students enjoyed crossing the generational gap and forming relationships with the elderly.”
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In St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish, Spring Lake, the spirit of giving is alive and well with help from the St. Catharine School Dads Club and PTA.
Giving Trees installed in both parish worship sites – St. Catharine and St. Margaret Churches – as well as in St. Catharine School have been decorated with tags detailing requests for clothing, toys, crafts, games, gift cards and donations for needy children and families.
Students of SCS, pictured above, assisted with creating tags, while the Dads Club, led by SCS parent Bobby Jones, and their team of volunteers plan to deliver the resulting gift donations to The Madonna House, Mercy Center, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Lakewood, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Asbury Park. St. Rose High School is also assisting with obtaining gifts.
Meanwhile, the school has also paired with The People’s Pantry, Asbury Park, to adopt some of the agency’s families this season. The agency is a nonprofit founded and run by Heather Egan since August 2020, and offers food, clothing, hygiene products, toys and fresh organic produce to members of the public in need on the first and third Tuesday each month at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Asbury Park.
“The People’s Pantry has sent our school the wish lists for their families, and our students will purchase these gifts in the hopes of helping them,” said SCS PTA president Marybeth Thomas.
Additionally, following the school day on Dec. 12, students will visit The Arbors nursing home in Spring Lake Heights to provide Christmas caroling for the residents.
“We will visit each room and sing Christmas carols, while distributing candy canes and heartfelt notes,” Thomas said. “We had a similar event during Halloween called ‘Reverse Trick or Treating.’ Our students enjoyed crossing the generational gap and forming relationships with the elderly.”