TownOnline.com - Amesbury News - Local News: "An early lesson in charitable giving
By Carol Feingold/ amesbury@cnc.com
Friday, December 30, 2005
"It is better to give than to receive' is a lesson the Cashman Elementary School fourth-graders in Maria Ferrandini's class took to heart this holiday season.
'In class we read 'The Joy of Giving' by John Greenleaf Whittier and discussed the whole idea that giving gives you back more,' Ferrandini said. 'Then I said to them, 'I want you to think for 24 hours and come up with ideas of what you can do to make a difference.''
The next day, the fourth graders were bubbling over with ideas, including a food drive, preparing a turkey dinner for a family, and writing a school newspaper, which they would sell and donate the proceeds to a charity. The class voted and the newspaper idea won hands down.
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