|
Westfield Campus contributed funds
to:
- provide relief for the victims of the Haitian earthquake
- provide research funds for St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital
by participating in their Math-a-Thon . (Since 1986, Holy Trinity
Interparochial School has raised over $ 118,000 for St. Jude’s.)
- support the Holy Childhood Association
- support the following
organizations by participated in Tag Days: Cystic Fibrosis, Paralyzed
victims, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Westfield Rescue Squad, Emmanuel
Cancer, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Kenya Mission, National Foundation of
Cancer Research, American Parkinson Society, Diabetes Research, and a Boy
Scout Eagle project.
Individual classes have:
- written letters
and made cards for the elderly and homebound
- written letters to
pen pals from other schools
- contributed money to the missions by
giving up their snacks or doing chores
- guided 4yr olds on a
library visit and in student centered activity
- collected mission
money
- mentored Kindergarten buddies in holiday and student
centered activities
- made holiday cards and purchased gifts for
"adopted" underprivileged families in Plainfield.
- conducted a
"secret ministry" in school
- bought materials and made goody bags
for the poor at St. Joseph’s Parish in Elizabeth
- raised the funds
to plan and execute a shopping trip that donated over $1000 of groceries to
restock the food pantry
- collected "pennies for cancer" for Garwood
VFW
- sent mass and sympathy cards to bereaved
- collected
clothing for the poor
- made cards for our Veterans
- donated $100 to Covenant House
- handcrafted Christmas cards, Easter, and end of the year gifts for
the first grade "buddies"
|
|
|
