GUELPH – Since the beginning of December, the school community of St. Ignatius Catholic School has been collecting items of need for the Salvation Army.
The school’s 12 Days of Giving saw classrooms site-wide bring in a specific item each day in support of families in the community.
“12 Days of Giving is new to us this year,” vice principal Michelle Nagy explained. “We were approached by the Salvation Army after doing a Thanksgiving food drive for them.
“They put together a list of items that are most in need and assigned one day to collect a specific item for 12 days.”
Among the items of need were deodorant, toothpaste, canned beans, tomato soup, shampoo, crackers, body wash, coffee and tea, toothbrush, conditioner, juice, hand soap and socks.
Days of giving – The St. Ignatius Catholic School community has been collecting items of need for the Salvation Army, an initiative they dubbed the ‘12 Days of Giving.’ Submitted photo
“We have started a competition between each division to see which class can bring in the most over the 12 days,” Nagy explained, adding the first day the school collected 150 deodorants, and exceeded 300 tubes of toothpaste by the second day.
Finishing on Dec. 10, the donations were delivered to the Salvation Army the week of Dec. 13.
“Supporting the Salvation Army helps us to realize how fortunate we are and how great it feels to give back to the community,” said Nagy.
“We are doing our part in teaching the students to be global citizens and contributing to local initiatives to make a difference.”
While it is not yet an annual event, the school hopes to make it one.
“We are so proud of all of our students for contributing to the 12 Days of Giving and we can’t wait to see the final results,” Nagy added.
