Channing Hall students over the last two years have been involved with
Operation Christmas Child . Over the past two years CH students have helped send over 300 shoe boxes full of toys, school supplies and toiletries to children in need around the world. What is especially, touching about the project our students are doing, is that it was initiated last year through Melissa Young by Tomas Hollenbach (then in 3rd grade) whose passing we are mourning at this time. Tomas had brain cancer and over the last year his condition had been deteriorating. During this time his poor health but fighting spirit was a difficult but inspiring learning lesson for our students. Tomas exemplified our IB attitude of Caring and our Principle of our students having a sense of their unique calling by contributing to our global community. Even in Tomas's
obituary his family carried on this spirit by asking memorial donations to be donated to Operation Christmas Child. Tomas has embodied what we are attempting to instill in our students and we hope they can carry this on in his memory.
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| Each box had a "card" inserted made by our students |
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| Miss Young and CH students helping to make "cards" to put into the gift boxes |
