6TH-GRADERS PITCH IN TO AID COMMUNITY.Byline: Stacy Stacy may refer to: Places:
Striving to make a difference in their community, students, teachers and staff at Porter Middle School have started a program to help needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. families. Porter sixth-graders Paul Paul, 1901–64, king of the Hellenes (1947–64), brother and successor of George II. He married (1938) Princess Frederika of Brunswick. During Paul's reign Greece followed a pro-Western policy, and the Cyprus question was temporarily resolved. Choy and Megumi Megumi (恵 or めぐみ) is a feminine Japanese given name meaning gift. It may refer to: People
``I always feel that people should help others,'' said 11-year-old Paul, ``It makes me feel good to help those in need.'' Students in the program perform community service, including collecting food and clothing for the needy and also giving away toys and holiday baskets of turkey and other food. ``It's a worthwhile thing, so I wanted to be involved,'' said Paul's classmate Megumi. The group collected coupons and pennies to buy food and toys for some needy families and to send token-of-appreciation gifts to injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. Glendale Firefighter Bill Jensen, said Linda Marsh, one of three Porter teachers who helped form the program. Jensen, who was burned over 70 percent of his body in the recent Calabasas Fire, remains hospitalized at the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks. ``I was in Sherman Oaks when I first heard about Jensen,'' she said, ``When I went back to school, all the students seemed moved by this, too.'' Sixth-graders in the classes of Richard Feay and Kerri Lux joined Marsh's students in collecting coins to buy gifts for Jensen. Porter students and teachers plan to continue their Peace Institute efforts and soon will launch a food and card drive, Marsh said. The program was established to get students involved in worthwhile activities in and out of school, said Ron Klump, who works at Northridge Middle School and created the program. ``My vision is for every middle school to affiliate themselves with this program,'' Klump said. ``It helps them not only in school, but with the program's involvement in the communities, it helps them become better citizens.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Children in the Peace Institute at Porter Middle School show canned food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. they collected to add to baskets for the needy. Linda Marsh/Special to the Daily News |
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