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“I have a student whom I have worked with for a few years and have gotten to know quite well. As the school year progressed, I noticed this student would always wear the same clothes, usually always the same hooded
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“This month I really wanted to dive in and talk to my kids about New Year’s resolutions! I printed out papers that had a list of questions for a few of my kiddos to fill out and sign at the
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“It has been a busy December! I have had a lot of support from the community to provide some of my families with gifts for Christmas. Olive Garden provided a giving tree, The Bottle Shop sponsored two students, Blue Buffalo
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“The month of December was full of fun, laughter, and tears. This month was very eye opening to me. The holidays are hard for everyone, but are a little harder some. This month I got a chance to go out
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“The holiday season of 2020 was a difficult one for so many of our students. It is impossible to look a child in the eye and promise a wonderful Christmas morning with lots of gifts for them under the tree.
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“After receiving my 10 Thanksgiving boxes from LifeSpring Church, I set out to get them to my Westview families. All 10 were accounted for, however, one family was hard to get a hold of and I didn’t feel comfortable dropping
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What a year 2020 has been! Due to social distancing recommendations from the CDC and local authorities, CIS Wayne County was forced to make the difficult decision to cancel its 2020 annual dinner fundraising event. In lieu of this event,
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“I was contacted by a site coordinator about a family being homeless in August. I then reached out to the family and met them at a campground, where they had been living in a tent for the last two weeks.
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“A team of 20 volunteers meets monthly at First English Lutheran Church to assemble bags of food for Wayne County elementary students. We assemble and deliver food bags to 400 children in all 5 Wayne County school corporations. In addition
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“My story for the month of October is a great one! As I am new here in this position I have been learning all kinds of new things! One of the tasks I have been asked to take charge of
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