More Good Works!

The Students Assisting Students Club at Hinsdale Central has just concluded a couple of sales that raised $195.  The members raised $91 from a 3-day cookie sale and another $104 from a candy sale last week.  The club will purchase some warm winter coats for the children at King Elementary School in Chicago.  We'll deliver the coats to King on Wed., Dec. 5th.

The coat drive has already netted over 200 coats thus far, even more than we collected all of last year!!  As the saying goes 'Keep 'em coming in!!'

I spoke with officials in Moonachie, NJ yesterday and Harris (my contact) at Robert Craig Elementary said that students at the school were being place in various nearby schools.  What is most needed right now are gift cards for the local grocery store and for some home repairs.   Since that is what is needed then we'll purchase some Shop Rite and Home Depot gift cards and get them in their hands.

Thanks to some wonderful donors, we can certainly help them out with these needs.  Harris said that the children, for the most part, are in reasonably good shape in term of having school supplies.  Housing conditions are still in disarray in part of Moonachie and that seems to be one of the most pressing needs at the current time.

I'll keep you abreast of any changes going forward.

Thanks,
Dick