Each Christmas American Heritage collects bears to donate to a children's shelter. The students are supposed to raise money (i.e., Mom comes up with the idea, spends a lot of time completing the project while the kids stand on the sideline providing minimal help) to purchase the bears. On the last day of school before Christmas break, the children form "hugging" lines. As each bear is taken from the collection area, it is passed down the line of students that are forming a chain from the school to the delivery vehicles. Each child hugs the bear so that when the children at the shelter receive the bear, they are told how many children have hugged the bear and how much love it has for them.
To raise money, the boys called family members and took orders for cookies. We had an all-day cookie baking experience. The boys earned enough money to buy eight bears to donate. Next year's project will involve more child labor and less Mom labor for sure.
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