VHEC 5th Graders Donate Books, Cards To Needy Families

VESTAVIA HILLS, AL - December is the time for shopping, gifts, holiday songs, parties and parades. But another aspect of the holiday season involves giving to those in need, in the true spirit of the holidays. This notion has been exercised by fifth grade students at Vestavia Hills Elementary Central this week.

Students donated books and made Christmas cards for the children at First Light Women’s & Children’s Center, and made Christmas cards to mail to Drake Quibodeaux, an 8 year old little boy diagnosed with terminal brain tumor in Louisiana. His Christmas wish was to receive Christmas cards from all over the country this year.

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Students in the Vestavia school system have made a habit out of charitable giving this school year, as fund raising efforts for Habitat for Humanity and the Miracle Field Project have also been successful in the last month.

Photo via Vestavia Hills City Schools, submitted by Alyssa Petty