1. In December we were able to participate in the Kid's Alley project under the coordination of Mrs. Joleyn Swirniuk. We try to encourage our students to experience the meaning of "it is more blessed to give than to receive."

2. It is in that spirit that I am happy to announce that we are participating in a special project that involves on of our second grade students, A.J. Beechler. If you have shoes that you are no longer wearing (except for high heels), you are encouraged to drop them off at the school. Mrs. Swirniuk will be creating bins to store them.

In 1997 after a trip to Zaire (Congo), a local NJ couple met a young boy who asked them to get him a pair of shoes. Meeting this young boy started their project called FOOTSTEPS. When you give a child from a third world country a pair of shoes it shows that someone, somewhere cares. When they know someone cares, it gives them hope. And with hope, there becomes a reason to live and try for a better life and leave FOOTSTEPS for others to follow. Shoes have been sent to: Africa, Central America, Europe, Hope School, Israel, American Indian Reservations in Montana, South Dakota, Missions in NY and NJ and missions in West Virginia and Kentucky.

WE ASK THAT ALL SHOES DONATED BE IN GOOD, CLEAN CONDITION AND TIED TOGETHER. NO HIGH HEELS. ALL SIZES ARE NEEDED.