Students Donate Supplies to People in Crisis

Elkridge Landing Middle School delivered hundreds of tissues, lip balm, lotions, hand sanitizers, socks and gloves to Grassroots recently for distribution to people in its shelter programs. The 263 8th grade students packaged gallon-size Ziplock bags with the items and a hand-written note of encouragement to each of the recipients. The Cold Weather Drive was part of a service learning project lead by 8th graders who collected the items from each classroom in the school. One of the student participants noted, “I think the activity was a good learning experience on giving back to our community with the Cold Weather Drive because it really put into perspective what others don’t have.”