Glen Ellyn students provide Day of Service

Students from St. James the Apostle in Glen Ellyn stepped out of the classroom and into the community Friday as part of the school's third annual Day of Service.

Organizers said the day's activities are designed to reinforce the importance of serving God by serving others.

As part of the project, every student, from preschool through eighth grade, was involved in age-appropriate activities at the school or with roughly 16 partners in Glen Ellyn.

Students who remained on campus helped assemble toiletry bags for the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry, made blankets for a shelter that serves victims of domestic violence, and wrote letters to kids battling leukemia.

Other teams of students left campus to work with groups such as the Almost Home Kids organization, the Northern Illinois Food Bank and Sunrise Senior Living Center.