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Day of Service 2020: Giving Back to Our Community
On Monday, January 20, when many people were enjoying a day off for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Peck community showed up in unprecedented numbers for a day on!
At this year's Day of Service (planned and hosted by the Community Service Committee of the Peck Parents Association), students, faculty, and parents worked side-by-side to assemble much-needed supply kits and messages of hope for essential organizations that support underserved communities.
For Morristown's Market Street Mission, an organization that helps those struggling in our local area, attendees packed 72 cold weather bundles, 50 dental hygiene kits, and rolled 100 fleece blankets. In fact, many of the fleece blankets were put to immediate use after the event—helping to keep people in Morristown warm as temperatures crept down to freezing levels throughout the evening.
In addition, attendees assembled 250 cold weather packs, 190 lunches, and 200 toiletry kits for Bridges Outreach, a nonprofit organization that provides outreach and assistance for homeless people in the northern NJ/NY area.
Students also drew 70 pictures each for Color-A-Smile (which sends cards to seniors and troops overseas) as well as for the Morris & Sussex CASA program, which supports children in the foster system.
For Morristown's Market Street Mission, an organization that helps those struggling in our local area, attendees packed 72 cold weather bundles, 50 dental hygiene kits, and rolled 100 fleece blankets. In fact, many of the fleece blankets were put to immediate use after the event—helping to keep people in Morristown warm as temperatures crept down to freezing levels throughout the evening.
In addition, attendees assembled 250 cold weather packs, 190 lunches, and 200 toiletry kits for Bridges Outreach, a nonprofit organization that provides outreach and assistance for homeless people in the northern NJ/NY area.
Students also drew 70 pictures each for Color-A-Smile (which sends cards to seniors and troops overseas) as well as for the Morris & Sussex CASA program, which supports children in the foster system.
The Community Service Committee is grateful to Debbie McKenna from Market Street Mission and Lisa Barsky-Firsker from CASA of Morris & Sussex Counties for speaking at the event, and reinforcing the need for Peck's core values in the greater community.
The Day of Service provided an opportunity to show respect and empathy for, and to deliver on our responsibility, to help the people in our community who are often isolated and alone.
The Day of Service provided an opportunity to show respect and empathy for, and to deliver on our responsibility, to help the people in our community who are often isolated and alone.
Thank you to everyone who donated and/or participated in this important event to make a difference!
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