100+

We did it!!!!

Yesterday, January 23, 2007 was our 100th day in school. It was one of the most exciting days we have had. The children arrived anxious to count our cans of food. We made sure each can was labeled with a number before the final count. As we counted the children seemed to get even more excited and louder.

The final count...108!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hooray for all cans of food!
Hooray for all the children who brought the food!
Hooray for all the parents who bought the food!
Hooray for THE UNITED WAY who will distribute the food!
Hooray for those who will receive the food!

But most of all,
Hooray for the kind hearts and giving spirit!

It was yesterday, January 23, 2007 that I saw young children experience what we as adults know.
"It is more blessed to give than to receive".

More food!

We are now in our second week of our food drive. As of today our class has collected 34 cans of food. We are moving along with our count. But the most important thing is we are helping others.

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The Count Is On!!

We have started our food drive for the United Way.

We are off to a slow start. But I only pause to remember the story of The Tortoise and the Hare. Today we began with 5 cans.

If you and your child are a part of our class, please help us out and send in the cans!!!

Can You?

Yes we can!! You may ask what? The answer is we can help others. There is no better way to begin a new year than by helping others.

January 23rd is the 100th day of school. We plan to collect 100+ can of food by then. We will label each can with a number. The cans will be lined up in the hall outside our classroom. By placing the cans in line we will be able to count them each day. We will also use them for other activities such as sorting and classifying, estimation, addition and subtraction.

Representatives from the United Way will come to school on January 23 the pick them up. They will then be distributed to local food banks.

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