Val Miller and student Megan Vaughan
box up gifts for the troops in Iraq
| Weary and on holiday party overload, or
too much of too much, CHP staff decided
to focus their energies towards helping make
the holidays special for those less fortunate,
by organizing several service initiatives in
which faculty, staff and students could
participate. For the Give2theTroops
campaign, CHP sent 4 huge boxes full of
DVDs, CDs, candy, snacks, socks, baby
wipes, hand sanitizer, hot cocoa, Christmas
cards and many goodies that totaled 136 lbs. In addition, monetary donations collected and
totalling $145 were sent to be used to pay for postage to mail the care packages and/or to
purchase special items requested by our
deployed troops. Joann King asked her daughter, a teacher at Murray LaSaine elementary in James Island, SC to include her students in a service learning experience by making cards for the troops in Iraq. The students' overwhelming response and enthusiasm, went well beyond just making cards. Left, students from Murray LaSaine |
 | For the Carolina Youth Development Center,
CHP sent over 13 pairs of shoes for children,
plus five other gifts, as well as $45 raised
in monetary donations.
For the Lowcountry Food Bank CHP raised $185 in monetary donations and along with CHP Student Government Association filled
four barrells full of food. Left, Student Services staff David Howell and
Jennifer Bailey put presents for Charleston
Developmental Center under the tree in the
CHP Atrium |
