District 202 service learning students active over the next month

Service learning students at four Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 elementary schools will be quite active over the next month, making contributions to their local community in a variety of ways.

At Creekside Elementary School, students in Sandi Farrington's class will be collecting empty glass baby food jars, which will in turn be donated to the American Cancer Society for use in its "Relay for Life" event at Plainfield High School-Central Campus, scheduled for June 10-11. Sponsors for the relay will use the jars to create luminaries to recognize loved ones. Creekside's drive for baby food jars will run from April 18-25 at the school (13909 S. Budler Road, Plainfield).

Doreen Furmanski's students at Meadow View Elementary School will deliver student-made baby blankets to the Daybreak Homeless Shelter in Joliet on Thursday, April 20.

Students from Arnette Schwimmer's class at Wesmere Elementary Schools will travel to Kline Creek Farm in Winfield on Monday, April 24. They will learn about farming in the late 1800's and inventions from that time that affected agriculture.

Service learning students from Creekside, Wesmere and Lakewood Falls Elementary School will present hand-tied "lap blankets" to residents at Lakewood Nursing Home on Monday, May 8.

Finally, students in Sarah Kuechle's class at Lakewood Falls will learn about fire safety from the Channahon Fire Department on Tuesday, May 16. Students will be able to try on protective clothing, enter the "smoke house" or ride the "bucket."

For more information, contact District 202 service learning coordinator Christine Pakosta at (815) 609-8506, ext. 2338.