Please join us Sunday, July 17th for our guest speaker, Sara Ramirez, Vice-Principal at Larkspur Elementary as she tells us about Larkspur Elementary. Ms. Ramirez will speak at both Sunday services.
As you know, we are gathering backpacks and supplies for our July Summer of Service Project. We are working together with the North Central Convening of Churches in this project as we have done for many years. Many of these backpacks went to the children at Larkspur Elementary. Last year, St. George contributed about 125 backpacks full of school supplies to the overall total of almost 900. This year, the goal is to have 1,000 backpacks full of supplies.
Julabeth Carden has served with Larkspur for a number of years. Many of our parishioners serve at Larkspur in a variety of different ways. Julabeth wrote the following note about her experiences with Larkspur and about our guest speaker. Please talk to Julabeth if you’d like more information.
“On this coming Sunday, July 17th we will have a special guest speaker from Larkspur Elementary School. She is the Vice-Principal, Sara Ramirez. Sara will be sharing with us what it is like to be at a Title One School; what are the challenges, hopes and dreams for her students. One of the stories that touched my heart, and the reason I wanted us to start collecting backpacks and school supplies a few years ago, was the Family Specialist telling me that they have many kids who will not go to the first day of school because they don’t have a backpack. Buying a backpack and all the supplies needed to fill it for the various grades is expensive. And, no child likes to be “noticed” because they don’t have what everyone else has. So, they just stay home for the first day, or days, of school. So, we in the St. George Community, started collecting backpacks and supplies. We have helped many kids be able to be there on that first day! I hope people continue to donate these items this year as well. Thanks so much for participating!”
-Julabeth Carden
