ST. LOUIS
Beaming with smiles, Grades 1 and 2 students from St Louis Elementary lugged bags of groceries to a waiting school bus Thursday and then hopped aboard the bus to deliver the groceries to Immaculate Conception Parish Hall in Palmer Road.
The bus ride was a mere few kilometers in length, but it wasn’t the trip that mattered. The young students enthusiastically carried bag after bag into the hall for Christmas distribution.
Students had been bringing nonperishable food to their school from home for over a week, more than 900 cans, boxes and cartons.
The Grade 1 and 2 French and Grade 1 and 2 English classes earned the honour of delivering the goods on their school’s behalf, because calculations determined their classes had donated the most items, on average.
Parish worker, Theresa Marleau, who was waiting at the hall for the students to arrive, said the food will be used to stock Christmas hampers for families in need. Any food left over after the hampers are stocked will be given to the West Prince Caring Cupboard, she said.
