St. Patrick School sends 300 backpacks to Texas
St. Patrick's Catholic Grade School in St. Charles collected more than 300 filled backpacks to send to Spring Wood High School in Spring Branch, Texas in the Houston area.
All students in this high school have lost their homes and are living in shelters. The school stayed dry throughout the hurricane and opened on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
St. Patrick's School - Students of Service Club collected more than 300 backpacks each filled with notebooks, folders, pencils, pens, highlighters, soap, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, a comb and brush, toilet paper, paper towels, hygiene products, hand sanitizer, and mints.
The donations came from school families, parishioners, and community members alike who wanted to make a difference in the lives of those affected by the hurricane.
The St. Patrick's Students of Service Club does monthly collections of needed supplies for food pantries, shelters, and other organizations that help those in need in our community as well as abroad.
In addition to these monthly collections, they also participate in monthly service opportunities such as packing lunches for the local homeless shelters, volunteering at the Northern Illinois Food Bank, bingo and Christmas caroling at local nursing homes, and many other activities throughout each year.
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