Community Service Projects 2023-2024 

Every school year, each classroom participates in a Community Service project.  Below are the projects from this school year.

Pre-K: BOOK DRIVE.  Preschool held a book drive during the week of April 29-May 3 to collect a variety of children and young adult book for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.  The pre-schoolers made cards with their 4th grade buddies to pass out to the patients at the hospital.

Kindergarten: Play It Forward used toy drive

1st Grade: THANKING OUR POLICE OFFICERS.  This class served lunch to the police officers from Aspinwall, Sharpsburg, Fox Chapel, O'Hara and Blawnox.  They also gave them treat bags and cards to say thank you!

2nd Grade: THANKING OUR FIRE FIGHTERS.  The students visited the Aspinwall Fire Station to deliver snacks, drinks, cards and stories of thanks.

3rd Grade & 4th Grade:  FOSTER LOVE PROGRAM.   Foster Love provides backpacks filled with comfort items and essentials for foster kids to take when they have to change homes.  The students packed backpacks to be distributed to kids in need during the holiday season.
 
5th Grade: 412 YOUTH ZONE.  The students made bags and cards for the young adults who are in and out of foster care.  The 412 Youth Zone is a sage and welcoming one-stop center for young people ages 16-23 that are transitioning out of the foster care system and are eligible for independent living services or are experiencing unstable housing.

6th Grade: SHEPHERD'S HEART MINISTRY.  Shepherd's Heart is a ministry devoted to providing food, clothes, shower, first aid, laundry services and prayers for the homeless.  Father Jim came to speak to the students about how their donation benefits those in need.  The students packed lunches and toiletry bags to be distributed to the homeless.

7th & 8th Grade: PITTSBURGH FOOD BANK.  Both classes visited the Food Bank to lend a helping hand.  They divided pasta into 2 lb. bags to be distributed to those in need.