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September 2012

Dear Parents,

As our new school year begins, it is time to reflect on our Outreach Programs here at St. Hilary School.

Our 5th and 6th Graders visit St. Joseph Manor once a month to bring a great deal of joy to our older brothers and sisters living away from their own homes. Our visits are after school each month. We leave school at 3:15 and return to school at 4: 30 P.M. This year, we will have two special months where we will celebrate Mass with the residents in December and celebrate St Patrick’s Day in March at the Parish Center.

We travel in a carpool driven by the 5th and 6th grade parents. Drivers are needed each month for the visits.

A special orientation for all children will be held to explain our mission.

Our 6th graders brought so much joy to the residents last year! I look forward to visiting with them again! After our Orientation, it is my hope that all of our 5th and 6th graders will consider working in this ministry. A schedule of visits is printed on the back of this letter. The signed Permission Slip is to be returned NO LATER than Monday, September 17th.I am unable to accept any LATE SLIPS. PLEASE return by 9/17/12.

Please discuss this valuable work of service with your child. If he/she decides to volunteer, PLEASE impress upon him/her that the assigned dates are his/her responsibility. This is a commitment and he/she is expected to attend assigned dates. Please be aware of these dates. The residents’ anticipation of our children’s visits is overwhelming. We can make a difference in another’s life with our mere PRESENCE! Thank you for blessing our lives with your child’s presence and may the blessings of PEACE be with us all!

In LOVE and PEACE,

Ms. Sue Semple