Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Chattanooga celebrated Community Day on Feb. 1 during Catholic Schools Week.
As part of their service-learning and community outreach, the students started a project in mid-January. Students in kindergarten through third grade collected items for the Salvation Army. Students in grades four through six collected items for the Pet Placement Center, and students in seventh and eighth grades donated items to the Ronald McDonald House.
The school also responded to the Red Cross in its efforts to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
On Feb. 1 Jules Kinder of the Ronald McDonald House; Heather King of the Pet Placement Center; Barbara Alexander, the disaster-relief coordinator for the Red Cross of Chattanooga; and Jennifer Fisher of the Salvation Army came to OLPH and talked to students about how the collected items would help their organizations.
Students collected $1,053.92 for the Red Cross and learned that the money would be used for medical supplies, water, and basic items needed by people in Haiti.
Tags: Catholic Schools Week, OLPH School
