Students Learn Lesson In Generosity By Making Sandwiches To Feed The Homeless And Hungry

Students at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School got a lesson in generosity and the importance of giving back.

Sixth-grader Liam Thomson and his classmates used four ingredients to make sandwiches to feed the hungry in the community. The sandwiches consisted of meat, cheese, and mustard between two slices of bread and all of the ingredients were provided by parents and were enough to make 1,500 sandwiches which would eventually end up in the hands of hungry Alaskans at the Brother Francis Shelter.

“We’re looking at our community and seeing all the poor people who are less fortunate than us and trying to give back, give stuff to them,” Thomson said.

“That’s very important for kids in this day and age to understand that it’s not all about themselves,” Gustafson said. “There are other people who need help out there and we want to teach and train them, ‘how can we reach out to those people?’”

The students participate in other community projects throughout the year and are real role models for young kids.

“It feels really good that our small school could do that much,” Thomson said.

Source: Saint Elisabeth Ann Seton Catholic School