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Our names are Lauren Kenny, Katie O’Sullivan, and Macy Lehrer, (left to right), and our project was giving the Senior at our local Senior Center cookies and hot cocoa before they went on a trip to look at some of the best lights around town.  Because the buses were completely packed, there was no space on the buses for us.  Our project required us to be all matching, so every person made a part of their costumes and we all loved the final project. All in all, we had served lots of cookies, drank lots of cocoa, and had a lot of fun.

Around the holidays it’s the perfect time to spread happiness around you town, so that’s what I did!  I decided to make a hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookie stand to get food for families in need.  I love to bake so I made dozens of chocolate chip cookies.  They are my favorite so I guessed that my neighbors would like them too!  I also thought people would want a drink to go with it so I made some hot chocolate.  I made a festive sign and stand and then went straight to selling my hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies.  When I told my neighbors what I was doing my stand for (food for families in need) people got very generous.  With the money I earned from my stand I was going to go to Safeway to buy their Feed Those In Need bags.  That is when you pay ten dollars per bag of food and then that bag goes to a family in need around the holidays.  I was outside my driveway from 2:00 to 4:45.  During that 2 hours and 45 minutes I sold as many hot chocolate cups and chocolate chip cookies as I could.  I got many people coming to my stand.  Before I had started my stand I made a goal of earning 50 dollars.  That would mean I could help 5 local families in need, but instead I earned 70 dollars!  That meant I helped 7 local families.  I went to Safeway and bought the 7 bags.  As I walked out of the store I felt very thankful and proud that the stand I made helped spread the holiday spirit for 7 families!

To help me, I brought along two of my friends, Irish Vaughan and Ella Srouji and my vocal coach, who also like singing. I first started off by telling them why I was there and then I sang a couple songs. After I sang, Ella and Irish also sang a few songs. After we had finished with that, we sang Christmas carols with them. I had brought lyrics to many different carols for them. It was so wonderful to see so many of them smiling and singing along.My name is Ella Thurlow and I’m a player from the U12 Premier. The three things that I love to do most in life are soccer, singing, and making people smile. I decided that for my leadership community service project, I wanted to make people smile and brighten their day. So I went to Parkview, a living complex for the elderly, and I put on a little show for the people in memory care. Since I love singing, I decided to make my show a singing show

When we had finished with the carols, we all sat down and talked for a bit. They were all so friendly. My goal coming into Parkview was to make their day a little bit better and to put a smile on their faces. All the residents told me how happy they were and how great it was. I feel great because I accomplished my goal.

Hi, our names are Corin Cornwell and Gracie Segundo {right to left}.  Our project was a Food Drive for the Open Heart Kitchen.  We decided to do this because we wanted to help end world hunger and we thought that it would be fun!  As we did this, we were thinking that even though we had all the food and things we need, other people don’t.  So, we gave up some of our time to help them out.  First, we got some supplies, then we planned a date. We set up our table and went up to people to ask them to help us out.  Most people took our offer.  They gave cans of beans and vegetables and other foods.  We were so proud of ourselves because we didn’t know that something so small could help out so much!  There was one guy during our Food Drive, and he said that HE worked for the Open Heart Kitchen! He works so hard every day to give every person a meal and buy all of the supplies.   We didn’t know that it took so much work to feed people and that so many people wanted to help out!  We were so grateful that we got a chance to learn and discover so much!  This was such a great opportunity!