New Toy Drive Next Week!

Norman Rockwell’s New Toy Drive, which will benefit Cheerful Givers, takes place next week.  Cheerful Givers provides toy-filled birthday gift bags to local food banks, including Hopelink, so that parents living in poverty can give their child a birthday gift.  Cheerful Givers asks that donated toys be new, small enough to fit into a standard-sized gift bag, appropriate for both boys and girls, and safe for children as young as 3 and as old as 12.  A collection box for the donated toys will be located outside the office in the courtyard.  Look for a flyer coming home this week with a list of suggested gift items, and start shopping!

See this flyer for a list of suggested items.

 Alanna Taylor
Kids Care Chair
alannataylor@msn.com

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Holiday Food and Gift Drive

Rockwellʼs annual Holiday Food and Gift Drive for Hopelinkʼs Redmond Food Bank is happening December 15th - December 19th.  Check out the blue flyer that will be sent home with your child for more details and please give generously!

Alanna Taylor,
Kids Care Chair

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Trick or Treat For UNICEF

As part of our Kids Care PTA program, Rockwell Elementary is excited to again be participating in UNICEF’s Trick-or-Treat program. The past two years have been so successful, and hopefully you will be just as enthusiastic.

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, has been helping millions of children in 156 countries for over 75 years. They are improving children’s lives with education, immunization, clean water, emergency assistance, and nutrition. Since the program began, American children, their schools, families, and communities have raised over $136 million for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF program. 91% of donations go directly to programs that help kids.

Rockwell is going to help by collecting money on Halloween.  Every penny counts:  7 cents buys a box of crayons for a classroom; 80 cents can immunize one child against measles; $1.05 can provide a child with a pencil, a pen, and paper for school.