Gwinnett County 5th Graders Help Gwinnett Seniors
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Mrs. Miller, 5th grade teacher at R.L. Norton accepts award for most "Sweaters for Seniors" collected on behalf of her class.
At the start of the Gwinnett County school year, Njeri Skeete, Care Coordinator at Alternative Home Care for Seniors (AHCS) had a good idea. Why not place a ”Sweaters For Seniors” (S4S) collection box at her daughter’s elementary school? And then, what if all the classes competed to win a pizza party by collecting the most sweaters?
Four weeks later, 11 fifth graders beamed on a Friday afternoon. That’s when representatives from AHCS, Njeri Skeete and Sharna Fulton, dropped by with pepperoni pizza and strawberry apple juice to honor the student’s charitable achievement. Their collections will go to Friends of Gwinnett County Senior Services. But first, they held a brief Q&A session and awards ceremony for Mrs. Miller’s 5th grade class, which raised the most sweaters — or rather blankets — for S4S.
As Mrs. Miller explained, “When the contest started, I asked the class if they’d want to trade in their ice cream cards — a tradition here– for blankets to give to seniors instead. They unanimously agreed and thus, raised the most sweaters in the school.”
