After years of caring for West Valley School District students as a food service employee, a neighbor of the Seth Woodard Elementary School is now the beneficiary of the good character of Mrs. William’s 4th grade class. Every year, her students demonstrate caring by spending a half day raking leaves for Thelma Ervin….
Read more ›Guest Column: Caring for Our Community – Including Our Four Legged Friends by Nancy Hill, SCRAPS Regional Director
“Today you can make a difference in the life of someone…”
Every day when I come home from work I am met at the door by my dog Zoey. I adopted her from SCRAPS last year, when she was only 5 weeks old. …
Read more ›Freeman School District: “15 Days of Giving” – Caring in Action
For Scott Moore’s leadership students at Freeman High School, caring for others has transitioned from a class assignment to a life lesson. For the past five years, Mr. Moore and his students have demonstrated caring for the community by holding “15 Days of Giving”…
Read more ›West Plains PACE celebrates good character at inaugural PACE Awards
The West Plains Chapter has made some big strides with character education in a short amount time. They became an official PACE chapter in January, and on May 1, they honored 14 students and their families at the West Plains Chamber May Membership Breakfast for “Youth Leadership on the West Plains.”…
Read more ›Trike-a-thon builds character
Preschoolers at the Central Valley Early Learning Center line up for the annual Trike-a-Thon on April 14. The young students in Cherie Willis’ class raised $1,471 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Not only did they have fun, but they learned about the importance of Citizenship,…
Read more ›PACE Partner KiDDS Dental Represents CITIZENSHIP Sending Sweets to Our Troops
Troops who are stationed overseas will be having a “sweet” Christmas this year thanks to local children. The 4th Annual Great Candy Buy Back was held at KiDDS Dental in Liberty Lake on the day after Halloween. Children were able to unload their trick-or-treating spoils for $1 per pound,…
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