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St. Charles’ students provide comfort for those in need
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Other students in Mrs. Workinshaw's class worked on tying the ends on another blanket. Making the blankets was part of Catholic School Week at St. Charles.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Some of the students worked on cutting the edges of the blankets. After the blankets were cut, they would be sent to other classrooms for students to tie.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Some of the students in Mrs. Walkinshaw's fifth grade class worked on tying the ends of the blankets together that the other students cut.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students from St. Charles School and Cardinal Mooney worked with Making Kids Count to make blankets for other children in need on Feb 2.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
St. Charles School continued their Catholic School Week on Feb. 2 with help from the non-profit organization Making Kids Count. The students in fifth- through eighth-grade had the opportunity to make blankets and write cheerful notes for children in need.
Shelly Marlowe, cofounder of Making Kids Count, spoke to the students at St. Charles about Making Kids Count. Marlowe also brought two others who work with Making Kids Count, her sister-in-law, Colleen Eisenbraun, and her cousin, Jana Coffin.
“The program they are helping us with today are the Making Kids Count comfort kits. These are duffle bags filled with everyday items that kids would need if they were being removed from their homes and placed into foster care,” said Marlowe.
After Marlowe, Eisenbraun and Coffin spoke to the students about Making Kids Count, they started to explain the instructions on how the blankets were going to be made. A blanket was used as a demonstration so the students could see what to do, rather than just listen to what they needed to do.
Some of the students worked on cutting the edges of the blankets while others had the job of tying the loose ends together. A few of the Cardinal Mooney students also helped the St. Charles students with cutting the blankets. The students made a total of 153 no-sew fleece blankets to put into the comfort kits that are going to be provided for other children in need. Given the chance to provide for those less fortunate touches on the three words on faith, knowledge and service.