DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Preschoolers in Dedham embraced the season, doing their part to help take care of the homeless
Students at the Gardner school spent part of their day recently putting together lunch and snack bags for those with nowhere to go this thanksgiving.
“Feeds the homeless happy bellies, but also learn about humility kindness generosity and charity work,” Eileen Rakhunov said, executive director of the Gardner School.
The kids decorated the bags, teachers make the sandwiches, and together, they pack more than 50 lunches.
The school partners with Generic Ministry, a nonprofit in Needham, to make sure every bag gets to someone who needs it.
“It makes my heart very happy and cheerful because to me, we need more of this,” Renee Parker said, of The Gardner School. “We need children giving out and teaching them how to give”
“Learning ‘hey can I just do something kind, small, actions that then speak loud in volumes,’ I think it is definitely important to start teaching that as young as diapered kids too,” Rakhunov said.
The school has been giving out the lunch bags every year since 2020; they said every kid in the school from infancy to age 5 lent a hand in the process.
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