Number of Participants: 300
Hours Donated: 2
Value of Time Served: $5,070
Event Type: Hunger
Sport: Schools
Date: November 26, 2024
Location:
Garden City
NY, USA
About:
This Thanksgiving season, Stratford School students demonstrated the spirit of gratitude through a series of creative and meaningful activities. From crafting festive coffee sleeves to performing Thanksgiving songs and organizing a schoolwide food drive, students across all grades came together to celebrate and give thanks.
Fourth graders at Stratford teamed up with The French Workshop to share the Thanksgiving spirit by decorating coffee sleeves to be shared with customers. Students drew festive designs, words of gratitude, and what they are most grateful for on the sleeves, which are available at The French Workshop for the week of Thanksgiving.
The festivities continued with a second grade Thanksgiving-themed performance on Nov. 21 featuring songs such as “Pumpkin Pie Polka” and the “The Turkey Tango.” Students took turns between songs to read poems and words of gratitude expressing what they were most thankful for. The assembly also featured students reciting stories of the pilgrims and first Thanksgiving.
Stratford held a schoolwide food drive led by fifth graders who donated, collected and organized the nonperishable food items, all of which were delivered to local veterans in need. The food drive not only provided support for the community but also taught students the importance of generosity and helping others.
Stratford students’ actions to brighten the holiday for others, from customers at The French Workshop to local veterans in need, embodied the true meaning of Thanksgiving.
