Oakland County
Ferndale Students Make Valentines for Homeless
Ferndale college students make Valentine’s Day for homeless
(China Leitner, March 11, 2025)
Oak Park, Mi – Though February has simply come and gone, I might fail if I didn’t point out the nice act of affection that my class household had proven to our neighborhood through the previous month. Let me begin by saying that our class household contains all dad and mom and adults, and boy, they’ve gathered! It began with Kindness Week. College and workers got the chance to take part in a thriller childness difficult provided by Mrs. Keefe. I scratched a card that learn as follows:
“Go to the greenback store and seize some provides to mount small baggage stuffed with snacks and toiletries! Maintain them in your automobile and spend them on individuals you want. It’s a sensible and considerate technique to supply quick assist and produce slightly consolation for somebody’s day! “
I used to be so passionate about this card and I needed to begin immediately. Instantly after faculty I went to the greenback store. Whereas I shoped, I acquired messages from dad and mom about bringing Valentine’s Day to high school or a celebration. Then it touched me. Naturally! Nothing spreads love 
So now we have ready for this undertaking. We have now mentioned the non-house-made neighborhood and the way individuals can take part with it. We have now assessed what individuals must survive and the way some individuals search these assets via church buildings and hiding locations, whereas others use Innovation and Road Smarts. We learn books and watched movies. We then labored to make an inventory of things to satisfy their wants and to make them smile. After adorning the paper baggage, we every full of important provides.
Pleasure, love and pleasure had been in all places! The adults in our class household are phenomenal; We did not need something. We definitely couldn’t have performed this with out their beneficiant donations and overwhelming help. Every pupil left a final message in his bag earlier than he loaded them in my automobile. Then I began my journey across the metropolis of Detroit with each bag and each grateful coronary heart. I can actually say that this was the very best Valentine’s Day thus far. I can not wait to do it subsequent yr.
