Little hands, big hearts

Sarah Ein­se­len — Staff

Stu­dents from Galion Inter­me­di­ate and Galion Pri­mary schools gather with Dawn Burk­holder, PTO pres­i­dent, around the two card­board bins full of items to be sent to area troops deployed over­seas. The schools col­lected the items dur­ing a dona­tion drive last week after receiv­ing word that the Sup­port Galion Troops group had run out of items to send in care pack­ages. The group has adopted 20 sol­diers, each of which receives a care pack­age each month between one and three weeks after it’s sent. Stu­dents brought in enough items for at least two ship­ments, accord­ing to Julia Roelle, a GIS teacher, and raised more than $200 to cover ship­ping costs. Sup­port Galion Troops mem­bers are pack­ing the next care pack­ages tonight, Feb. 27.

Posted by Sarah Einselen on Feb 27 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.