It's our Peach Bud School Challenge Week! Students have been busy raising funds for the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation. I hear excitement from students as they get off the bus in the morning to tell of how their neighbour sponsored them, or their aunt/uncle, grandparent, or friend.
Events like this benefit our local community, and are important in and of themselves. So much of God's law and Christ's example focus on caring for those who are in need - the poor, the orphaned, the widows, the foreigners.... God cares about physical need, and charges us to care for them.
Further, though, the habit and action of our students 'pounding the pavement' and 'drumming up support' for others is an important educational development in their lives. I recall as a child going door to door in my small town gathering money for the annual 'Right to Life' walkathon each year. There were those who did not want to support, but so many others thanked us for our efforts and for giving them the opportunity to help out. Teaching our kids to become comfortable with bringing attention to the rights and needs of others, giving them a real outlet to make a difference, and to show them that a community is capable of doing great things through small efforts..... that's when school can become education for a life of service.
Let's take hold of this good work that God has prepared for us!!!
Interested in helping out? We could use a few extra parent spectators to supervise the younger ones as they complete their challenge. Call the office if you are able to hang around this Friday from 9:00-10:30 to participate in the fun!!
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