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| Kids' Krafts: Create a locket for lunch money - Deseret News Posted: 28 Aug 2010 09:42 AM PDT Published: Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 10:43 a.m. MDT Remember how excited you were in June with the prospect of the long, summer vacation stretching out ahead of you? Maybe you couldn't wait to make plans to go swimming with your friends, on a vacation near the ocean with your family, camping and hiking to remote regions, or just chilling and relaxing for a few days with absolutely nothing important to do. It probably seems like yesterday, but a quick check of the calendar will show you that a new school year is right around the corner. If you are fortunate, there are new school clothes and shoes to buy. Then, there is the annual trip to the store to purchase the necessary school supplies you'll need in the near future. Even if you aren't willing to trade in your carefree summer vacation just yet, the reality is, you will soon need to get ready for school. Rather than dreading the start of the school year and loss of your freedom, get excited about the opportunities the school year will bring. Think of your classes as new challenges. When you conquer new skills, it gives you new confidence that will help make you shine. Story continues below One of the best ways to get prepared is to make a list of things you need to accomplish before the first day of school. Get organized by compiling a list of the items you need for classes and check them off as you pack them away into organizers, book bags and backpacks. With all the dozens of things you have to remember each day, forgetting your lunch money would be one of the worst. Going hungry may seriously hinder your ability to learn. In just a few minutes, you can turn a metal mint container into a lunch money locket so you can keep your cash close while looking pretty cool at the same time. I made these lunch lockets with instructions I found at familyfun.go.com/crafts/lunch-money-locket-667122/ online. Supplies you will need: —Small metal mint container with a hinged lid. —Acrylic paint. —Paintbrush. —3-foot long piece of string or metallic craft cord. Be sure it's thin enough to fit around or through the tin's hinge so the lid can still close. —White craft glue. —Small plastic animals or fake jewels, stickers, etc. Clean the inside of the tin. Paint the top and let it dry. Thread the string or metallic cord around or through (depending on the type of tin) the tin's hinges. Pull both ends of the string tight, so that they fit snugly around the hinge, and then knot the strings together near the ends to form a loop. Glue plastic animals and/or jewels or place stickers on the top of the tin. If you used glue, allow time for it to dry before you fill it with coins. (If you have a craft idea or question, contact Kathy Antoniotti, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640; 330-996-3565; or via e-mail at kantoniottithebeaconjournal.com.) (c) 2010, Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). Visit Akron Beacon Journal Online at www.ohio.com/. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Mom to needy kids: ‘Someone cares’ - Boston Herald Posted: 28 Aug 2010 09:06 AM PDT Whenever she stepped outside her church, located in the shadows of the Bromley Heath project, Marcia Ricketts Morris would look at the kids in Mozart Playground and feel a sense of kinship. As a member of the missions committee at Fellowship Church of God, a neighborhood fixture at the lower end of Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, she was gratified by what her congregation did. "We send money to a lady in Jamaica who feeds hungry kids at her church," she said. "But as I looked at those kids across the street I kept thinking, 'There's a mission field right outside our door.' To me, a church does not exist just inside four walls; it has to be a presence in the community as well." So she began to brainstorm with her friend and committee chairman, Glenda Grayson, and what they came up with was Community Day, which will take place in the park this afternoon with backpacks, hot dogs, balloons and a clown. Morris, 51, a mother of four who works for John Hancock as a case manager, was asked why she would care that much about someone else's kids. "Because back in Jamaica," she replied, "someone cared about us when my father left my mother with five kids to raise alone. We had no food, no clothes, barely a roof over our heads. Someone reached out to us, saving us as a family, giving us a life, and he was a total stranger. When I see what some kids go through today, I see myself. That is why I care." So she and Grayson have arranged for lots of kids to have fun and be well-fed today, and they've filled those backpacks with back-to-school supplies; but they've tucked in a heartfelt message, too. "It was written by Mr. Reid, a neighbor of mine," Morris said. "He was 90 when he died a few years ago. He was also from Jamaica. One day he gave it to me when he thought I needed to read it, and now I want these kids to read it, too." Reid wrote that "prayer is the answer to every problem in life," adding "nothing is so entangled it cannot be remedied; no relationship is too strained for God to bring about reconciliation; no habit so deep-rooted it cannot be overcome; no mind so dull it cannot be made brilliant." When the food's all gone and the party's ended, Morris explained, she wants those kids to leave with something else. "I want them to leave with hope," she said, "and to know that someone cares." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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