Makefield Elementary School students send their hearts out to the troops serving in Afghanistan

LOWER MAKEFIELD - A Valentine?s Day tradition continued on Feb. 14 at Makefield Elementary School, with a more personal touch.

The school?s fifth-grade families annually donate items needed by soldiers deployed overseas, including toothpaste and other personal things. As an added personal touch, the students wrap up the gifts in festive paper and write notes of thanks and encouragement to the soldiers.

This year, Air Force Commander Joe Matson was on hand to pick up the packages? and transport them to a plane that will ultimately deliver the baskets of the students? cheer. It just so happens that Matson has two sets of twin girls at the school, including two in the fifth grade.

?I get so emotional,? said Allison Matson, wife of Joe and mother of fifth-graders Sarah and Emily Morton. ?Joe?s been deployed three times since Emily and Sarah have been born. It means more than you can imagine to get a few touches from home.?

Fifth-grade teacher Nancy Courtney said the project is consistent with the type of students who attend Makefield Elementary.

?They are so giving,? Courtney said. ?The school is so big into community service. It?s a part of them. They?re very excited.?

Part of the afternoon included an ice cream party, which was secondary to the children as they excitedly packed and wrapped.

?They?ve been asking me all day, ?When are we going to start,?? Courtney said. ?They weren?t talking about the ice cream. Giving is in their hearts.?

The words of Emily Morton reiterate the opinion given by Courtney.

?It makes me feel good to do this because my dad said these people don?t have as much comfort as they do when they?re home,? Emily said. ?If we give stuff that we usually have at our house it makes them feel like they?re at home.? Continued...

The packages are earmarked for delivery to American troops at one of three Air Force bases in Afghanistan, where Joe Morton has been deployed. The fifth grade includes more than 90 students, each of whom brought in items common to most households. Some also pitched in money, which the teachers used to shop for more goodies for the troops.

In early February, each fifth-grade family was asked to send in something from a list of specific items provided by the school, including ground coffee, hot chocolate, microwave popcorn (and other microwavable foods), boxes of cookies, bags of hard candy and unopened packages of Blistex and Chapstick.

LOWER MAKEFIELD - A Valentine?s Day tradition continued on Feb. 14 at Makefield Elementary School, with a more personal touch.

The school?s fifth-grade families annually donate items needed by soldiers deployed overseas, including toothpaste and other personal things. As an added personal touch, the students wrap up the gifts in festive paper and write notes of thanks and encouragement to the soldiers.

This year, Air Force Commander Joe Matson was on hand to pick up the packages? and transport them to a plane that will ultimately deliver the baskets of the students? cheer. It just so happens that Matson has two sets of twin girls at the school, including two in the fifth grade.

?I get so emotional,? said Allison Matson, wife of Joe and mother of fifth-graders Sarah and Emily Morton. ?Joe?s been deployed three times since Emily and Sarah have been born. It means more than you can imagine to get a few touches from home.?

Fifth-grade teacher Nancy Courtney said the project is consistent with the type of students who attend Makefield Elementary.

?They are so giving,? Courtney said. ?The school is so big into community service. It?s a part of them. They?re very excited.?

Part of the afternoon included an ice cream party, which was secondary to the children as they excitedly packed and wrapped.

?They?ve been asking me all day, ?When are we going to start,?? Courtney said. ?They weren?t talking about the ice cream. Giving is in their hearts.?

The words of Emily Morton reiterate the opinion given by Courtney.

?It makes me feel good to do this because my dad said these people don?t have as much comfort as they do when they?re home,? Emily said. ?If we give stuff that we usually have at our house it makes them feel like they?re at home.?

The packages are earmarked for delivery to American troops at one of three Air Force bases in Afghanistan, where Joe Morton has been deployed. The fifth grade includes more than 90 students, each of whom brought in items common to most households. Some also pitched in money, which the teachers used to shop for more goodies for the troops.

In early February, each fifth-grade family was asked to send in something from a list of specific items provided by the school, including ground coffee, hot chocolate, microwave popcorn (and other microwavable foods), boxes of cookies, bags of hard candy and unopened packages of Blistex and Chapstick.

Source: http://buckslocalnews.com/articles/2013/02/20/yardley_news/news/doc512541c0a3a39386925911.txt

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