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ADVENT STICKS

 During the month of December, when most children at OLGC were anxiously awaiting a treat from their Advent Angel the fifth grade students in 6C were excitedly talking about and wanting to read about their next “Advent Stick”. Each morning the children would view a portrait of a child and his or her bedroom from the book “Where Children Sleep” by James Mollison. The students viewed the photos and read about that child’s life. The children photographed were from countries far away, living in situations very different from the students at OLGC. After viewing the photos they would confer about what those children had in comparison to what they needed. The discussions often turned into a lesson on geography and even political structures around the world. The students would then choose an “Advent Stick” that noted a “luxury” such as socks, blankets, or even different ways to eat. It was obvious that the children in these photos did not have these simple “luxuries”. That evening they went home and counted their “luxury”. Some students had over a hundred socks in their house! They then matched that number to coins (pennies, nickels, dimes or quarters) and brought that amount in to school the next day. This money was added to the “Advent Sticks Fund”. By Christmas the children had read about 19 different children, 10 different countries, counted over three thousand items and gathered over two hundred dollars.

 These wonderful and giving students opened their eyes and hearts to the true meaning of Christmas and dedicated themselves to this fund raiser. The sense of pride and accomplishment is evident when you talk about the “Advent Sticks” with any of the students in 6C. The class will be donating the money to The Drueding Center, a LifeCare Community in Holy Redeemer Health System founded by the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer. The students were most interested in helping other children and the Drueding center “….provides both transitional housing and comprehensive support services to women and their children, Drueding Center has become a tangible expression of Holy Redeemer Health System’s commitment to families and an embodiment of its mission: to care, comfort, and heal.” We cannot be more proud of the students in 6C, we know that this spirit of giving and care will stay with them.

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 * ^  ||^   |||| [|History & Mission | Drueding Center] In 1987, seeking to serve the most vulnerable families, the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer founded Project Rainbow. The organization later took the name Drueding Center to reflect the charitable leadership of Bernard Drueding Jr. and his family in growing this project. ||^   ||^   ||
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