With the Christmas spirit in full swing, the thought of giving is on top of the list. The Verona fifth graders are giving to others, but they also are honoring those who are serving this country.
On Veterans Day, the students were given the chance to decide a way to honor soldiers. The students decided to send care packages to soldiers overseas.
“We are very proud of them for coming up with this idea, because it is really hard now for everyone with finances,” said Darcy Brown, fifth-grade teacher.
Inside the care packages, the students are sending necessity items like coffee, paper towels, etc., but the students also are sending items for soldiers to write letters and books for the soldiers to read in their spare time.
All the items in the care packages were collected by the students.
The care packages will be delivered to the units of the 203rd battalion in Joplin and the 276th of Pierce City, which are stationed overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.
While the care packages will be a welcome sight for the soldiers, it will be the hand-written letters from the students that most likely will mean the most.
Each student wrote letters to the soldiers. The students wrote three different letters -- one going to a student’s relative stationed in Colorado, a unit in Iraq and a unit in Afghanistan.
The fifth graders are sending the care packages and letters in time to reach the soldiers by Christmas time.
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With the Christmas spirit in full swing, the thought of giving is on top of the list. The Verona fifth graders are giving to others, but they also are honoring those who are serving this country.
On Veterans Day, the students were given the chance to decide a way to honor soldiers. The students decided to send care packages to soldiers overseas.
“We are very proud of them for coming up with this idea, because it is really hard now for everyone with finances,” said Darcy Brown, fifth-grade teacher.
Inside the care packages, the students are sending necessity items like coffee, paper towels, etc., but the students also are sending items for soldiers to write letters and books for the soldiers to read in their spare time.
All the items in the care packages were collected by the students.
The care packages will be delivered to the units of the 203rd battalion in Joplin and the 276th of Pierce City, which are stationed overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.
While the care packages will be a welcome sight for the soldiers, it will be the hand-written letters from the students that most likely will mean the most.
Each student wrote letters to the soldiers. The students wrote three different letters -- one going to a student’s relative stationed in Colorado, a unit in Iraq and a unit in Afghanistan.
The fifth graders are sending the care packages and letters in time to reach the soldiers by Christmas time.
