Afton students receive grant, send care packages to soldiers abroad
AFTON – National VFW Foundation Grant of over $700, written by auxiliary member and retired Afton teacher Diana Torta, was awarded to the Sidney VFW Auxiliary # 7914 to be used for a service project by Cynthia Covey, a sixth grade teacher at Afton Central School.
50 of Covey's students will be sending care packages to local soldiers overseas. The money will pay for the postage for the packages, and stamps to write pen pal letters to the soldiers, business letters asking for donations—writing paper, tooth bushes, candy, snacks, gift cards, etc. – and thank you letters to businesses that give free items.
The service project is using different forms of authentic letter writing (English Language Arts Standards) and teaching students about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship (Social Studies Standard).
Covey said, “The students were surprised at the different jobs the soldiers had assisting the Afghani people have a better life,” as many soldiers are assisting with sanitation, securing electricity, and building schools.
The project has already lifted the spirits of soldiers. When Covey's class organized the project in 2014, one returning soldier said it was like Christmas when he received his package and another returning soldier gave the students a flag that was flown over Bagram, Afghanistan along with a certificate of thanks.
Said Torta, “Both the students and the soldiers are able to connect and help each other because of this service project.”
50 of Covey's students will be sending care packages to local soldiers overseas. The money will pay for the postage for the packages, and stamps to write pen pal letters to the soldiers, business letters asking for donations—writing paper, tooth bushes, candy, snacks, gift cards, etc. – and thank you letters to businesses that give free items.
The service project is using different forms of authentic letter writing (English Language Arts Standards) and teaching students about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship (Social Studies Standard).
Covey said, “The students were surprised at the different jobs the soldiers had assisting the Afghani people have a better life,” as many soldiers are assisting with sanitation, securing electricity, and building schools.
The project has already lifted the spirits of soldiers. When Covey's class organized the project in 2014, one returning soldier said it was like Christmas when he received his package and another returning soldier gave the students a flag that was flown over Bagram, Afghanistan along with a certificate of thanks.
Said Torta, “Both the students and the soldiers are able to connect and help each other because of this service project.”
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