Northrop High School Research Paper

Students added their contributions to a Christmas tree located in the HMS Library. Every branch on this tree was covered with coats, hats, gloves, and scarves.

Even after handing out pumpkins to Weldstar employees, there was still a large surplus. Weldstar truck driver Mike Marcukaitis mentioned the pumpkins to his wife, Sandie a school teacher at Trinity Academy in Kankakee. She came up with a “Pay it Forward” school project!

Children all over America celebrate Christmas. Some families do not have enough money to buy presents for these kids. These kids’ sadness and deprivation of presents are cured with the helping hand of Operation Good Cheer. Operation Good Cheer is an organization that raises money to buy and ship presents all over America. These presents go to poor families and sometimes to kids in orphanages. Every year in December, hundreds of volunteers gather in an airplane hangar to pack thousands of presents into airplanes to fly around America.

The YMCA also organize a Thanksgiving food drive and toys for Operation Holiday Joy. Team is so excited to work with this military affiliated organization!

This past December I volunteered through United Way for Adopt-A-Family. My job was to wrap the gifts for the families that wanted it. Many families did want the gifts wrapped, in my time wrapping I realized how many families that are in of assistance. Some did not ask for much, but others did ask for more. For Adopt-A-Family, the families request what they need for to provide an amazing Christmas morning. This day really opened my eyes to a number of families that there are out there who are in need of assistance in ensuring that each child gets the Christmas that they deserve. Having this eye-opening experience makes me want to reach out to all of the families that I possibly can that may not have gotten assistance whether they did not ask

St. Labre High School should stick with its current eight period system. Having eight periods allows for two electorates. Furthermore, too long of classes would make the students uninterested. We have long enough classes. Some people might say that since an eight period day means more breaks, but students do not need this.

Thank you for the response. Since I live in North Carolina, I recently read a story in my news feed regarding the R.J. Reynolds Foundation donating $200,000 on August 30, 2016 to the American Red Cross to assist flood victims in Louisiana (Reynolds American Foundation, 2016). The R.J. Reynolds Foundation issued a press release publicizing the company’s donation and also discreetly referenced their long standing history of providing assistance during times of need to highlight the company’s ongoing commitment to the their customer’s communities.

It gifts children who are homeless, or in an orphanage. I will gift them with stuffed

Other kids are planning to spread holiday cheer in different ways. If your family would like to make Christmas cards for

NewsOn6.com says, "Please help by donating new or gently used coats to Trav’s Coats for Kids. Take children’s or adult-sized coats to any Yale Cleaners location. They will clean and mend the coats and Catholic Charities will distribute them to those in need" ("Coats for Kids"). This is amazing to me that a small news company has donated so many nice jackets to those in need. Just imagine all the things a news group could do to make so many people happy.

One of the ideas that The League of Leaders proposed was to collaborate with Operation Christmas Child this coming fall and continuing into the winter season. Operation Christmas Child aligns thousands of individuals towards the common goal of packaging gifts for poor children around the world so that they may experience Christmas. Because Operation Christmas Child encourages others to think of people outside of just the United States, it humbles others to realize their gifts and talents and the ability to apply it towards making an impact, motivating students to go every year and experience the joy of giving. Beginning this October, the process of collecting boxes will begin. We plan on fundraising on gofundme.com and use the money to purchase gifts

Economically, Walmart has significantly impacted my community and many local communities as well. Walmart has a disaster relief and resiliency for those who have been impacted by disaster. In 2016, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation had invested more $1.5 million to strengthen the disaster relief. Additionally, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation co hosted a two a days for those who volunteer for disaster reliefs so they are aware on how to handle the situation when it occurs. This year Walmart donate $500 worth of school supplies to help with the Carrizo Springs school drive. The school drive is for the families in our community that can’t afford school uniforms and supplies. Walmart also gives scholarships for many students that graduate high

Furthermore, Walmart contributed over $1.5 million in aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy including money, food, and goods. They are motivated to strengthen local community problem while still trying to inspire their associates to give back. Walmart enhances the sustainability of operations and global value chains by working with others. “Walmart has been engaged in supporting local communities in their time of need. Our ability to respond to a disaster on a large scale became clear in 2005, during Hurricane Katrina. As the hurricane devastated the Gulf Coast, Walmart moved quickly to mobilize our local stores to donate emergency supplies, deploy truckloads of relief resources to the hardest-hit areas and support our associates as they volunteered

“We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!” Christmas was always in my mind no matter what time of year it was. I discovered a couple months back that our close family friends, the Taylors, could not afford anything to get their children any Christmas presents. I had a prompting to share this detail with the rest of my family members and we acted upon this news. We decided to take this opportunity to serve our great family friends, which we owed so much to them for all that they have done for us. We decided to save our money and that we each would not get more than five Christmas presents for ourselves. Instead, we would have our Christmas presents be contributed towards the family. That would be our Christmas present. To be able to give back and see how happy the Taylor family would be on Christmas day.

Christmas is the most generous time of year. A simple act of kindness can go a long way and can even change a life. The gift of giving to those in need is beyond rewarding. Some families are less fortunate and unable to provide Christmas presents for their children. Every child deserves to enjoy the holidays. My church, First Baptist Church of Lakeside, will host its annual toy drive for those less fortunate.