{"id":514,"date":"2023-11-28T15:18:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/?p=514"},"modified":"2023-11-28T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:52:36","slug":"its-good-to-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"\u201dIt\u2019s Good to Give\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By: Nikhila Puri, Zahabia Shahpurwala, and Mika Albrecht<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good to give,\u201d said Madame Kalubi, the middle school French teacher. Every year, The Seven Hills Middle School contributes to The Caring Place, a nonprofit organization that helps children and families in need. The middle school community comes together to donate to these families. \u201cWe are in a privileged position to help a lot of people,\u201d said Madame Kalubi. Haskia Avanigadda, a student council member and avid donor, donates because \u201cIt\u2019s good to give to people in need\u2026 we are lucky to be able to give things to others that we don\u2019t need.\u201d It never hurts to donate, and even a little can go a long way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what does the Caring Place do? It\u2019s a nonprofit organization that provides basic necessities for struggling families and people in the Pleasant Ridge and Kennedy Heights area. These suburbs are very close to the school, so it\u2019s amazing that the middle school can impact an area close to home as well. For example, the Caring Place provides clothing, bus passes, toys, sanitary supplies, and even drops off Christmas gifts at local churches for families in need. \u201cThere\u2019s a real sense of joy on kids\u2019 and parents’ faces when they realize they\u2019ll be able to give and receive gifts,\u201d said Mr. Waskowitz, head of the middle school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The middle school community has been donating to the Caring Place for over 30 years. \u201cService is an important thing to do,\u201d Mr. Waskowitz said. \u201cI am always amazed at how much we give… It\u2019s a reflection of our community.\u201d Mr. Waskowitz stated that he enjoys the drive a lot, and his favorite part is \u201cloading the items we donated into trucks.\u201d Helping others will never go unnoticed or unappreciated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, the Caring Place would like toys, board games, puzzles, or books that are in good condition so that families can give and receive gifts this holiday season. Hasika says \u201cYou can drop off all your items off at the front desk, or in the box at the front of the door.\u201d It ends before Winter break, so be sure to take part in this incredible time for giving back to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Nikhila Puri, Zahabia Shahpurwala, and Mika Albrecht \u201cIt\u2019s good to give,\u201d said Madame Kalubi, the middle school French teacher. Every year, The Seven Hills Middle School contributes to The Caring Place, a nonprofit organization that helps children and families in need. The middle school community comes together to donate to these families. \u201cWe are in a privileged position to help a lot of people,\u201d … Continue reading \u201dIt\u2019s Good to Give\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7hillshive.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}