Carolina Springs Middle School students recently carried out a service project to benefit teens at Columbia's Epworth Children’s Home, which shelters, educates, and cares for abused and neglected children ages four to 18.
Originally proposed by the eighth-grade Leadership Team, the Lexington school and community came together to collect gift cards for stores, theaters and restaurants.
The students’ successful efforts will allow Epworth teens to select their own clothing and to participate in everyday teen activities they might not otherwise be able to, school officials said.
In all, CSMS raised $2,200 in gift cards for Epworth teenagers, the school said.
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