OUR COMMUNITY

Every year at St. James Day School each class is challenged to make a difference in our community. This year second grade sold coffee to our campus community to raise money for our project. The students worked together to create advertising posters and made a list of the items we needed. Each morning for one week students met at the school early to set up our coffee station and sold coffee to parents and staff. We were able to raise over $800. Our classroom was blown away by the generosity of our campus family. The money raised was used to spruce up the flowers beds and repair a damaged fence at For the Sake of One, a local foster care non-profit.

Students meet early one morning to pull weeds and plant flowers in the flower beds at For the Sake of One. Thank you to the parents that we’re able to help with this project!

After the fence repair and flower planting, our class had enough money left over to purchase treat bags for the 67 case workers that serve the Texarkana, AR and Texarkana, TX areas. We gave each case worker a Starbucks gift card and a few treats to carry in their cars as they drive long distances and work long hours. This community service project was a joy so complete. We are so grateful for the help and donations we received and the life lessons we learned along the way.