By Angelica Carlini
When Christmas rolls around, most kids write endless lists of toys, electronics, and clothes for their parents to get them. What most people don’t realize is that there are kids that won’t be receiving any gifts this year because of financial issues. Those kids would usually wake up Christmas morning without any excitement. They wouldn’t experience the thrill of receiving a gift that could make them jump for joy. Until this year.
For a project in Diane Rouzee’s marketing class, they decided to bring items from their house that they didn’t have use for anymore. Those items included toys, books, clothes, movies, and much more. Some were used while others were brand new. Not only did Marketing bring items, but other students reached out and brought things, including sophomore Preston Sundermeier.
“Sometimes it’s crazy to think about the kids who don’t get anything for Christmas. It’s amazing to think how just fifty dollars could change a child’s life,” Sundermeier said. Sundermeier went out of his way and bought multiple gloves, hats, and other winter apparel to keep kids warm that might otherwise not be able to afford it.
Marketing spent close to a week preparing and sorting through the items. They divided all of the gifts among the feeder schools. Those schools included 1-R, Cedar Hollow, Chapman, St. Libory, and Lockwood Preschool.
On December 17, the class loaded their cars with multiple boxes full of goodies and spread out to deliver to the schools. The students’ faces were priceless as they walked into a room full of gifts just for them.
The marketing students were more than happy to give out gifts and candy canes to children that deserved a merry Christmas. But no one was more proud than their teacher.
“I am so proud of my marketing kids,” Rouzee said. “They came up with the idea and they spear-headed the effort and organized everything. The thoughtfulness and the generosity of the kids at Northwest were really humbling for me. It was just cool and the reaction of the kids made our day. We made some little kids very happy at Christmastime and it made us feel really good too.”
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