Trojan Spirit of Giving
By Dr. Barbara Parkins, Superintendent
We truly have a Trojan Spirit of Giving that resonates throughout the GJSD family. Our willingness to give and help those less fortunate has and will continue to make a positive impact throughout our community.
It is impossible to list all the many acts of kindness but here are just a few of the charitable causes that members of the GJSD family helped in the past few months:
- The Key Club’s “Empty Bowls-Hunger Awareness Project” that focused on increasing awareness and raising funds for the problem of human hunger both here at home and throughout the world.
- Andrew Wilcox, a senior at JHS, created “The Outdoors Classroom” as part of his Eagle scout/school-community project to improve Greater Johnstown neighborhoods.
- Third, fourth, and fifth graders at East Side Elementary participated in the St. Jude Math-a-thon and raised $2,000 for the patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
- Grade 5 students at West Side collected money to benefit a fellow student and the student’s family after a fire destroyed their home.
- Students and staff at West Side collected enough non-perishable items to fill 20 boxes of…
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