Oswego Student Organizes Blessing Bag Drive

Submitted by Oswego School District 308

OSWEGO, IL — Oswego High School (OHS) Step Team Captain Nikki O’Hara decided that giving back was something that she wanted to stress during this holiday season.

In order to help meet the needs of local area and homeless shelters O’Hara decided to launch a charitable “Blessing Bag” drive. The collection ran from Nov. 30 to Dec. 18.

After they had all of their items collected for their blessing bags, Nikki organized an assembly line to produce the blessing bags (kits) that were distributed. Students from the OHS step team and OHS alum graduates assembled the bags that were passed out to various people throughout Chicagoland.

O’Hara’s goal was to physically distribute 75 bags throughout the Chicagoland area and local shelters. She met and exceeded her goal of assembled bags. The excess of items were boxed and taken to the Hesed House and Yorkville Food Pantry. They would like to thank the entire school body and community who participated in this worthy cause.