MATH
MATH AND
MATH AND READING, THESE STUDENTS ARE FULL OF HOPE AND
COMPASSION, JUST SEEING
THEM DO IT MELTS MY
HEART AND GIVES ME
MORE HOPE EVERY DAY.
SOMETHING SPECIAL IS
HAPPENING AT HILLSDALE
ELEMENTARY IN
MERIDIAN.
A CLASS OF 5TH GRADERS
IS GETTING A LESSON IN
COMPASSION AND GIVING
BACK.
THEY GOT INVOLVED
WITH A A NON-PROFIT
CALLED BLANKETS OF
HOPE FOR A CLASS
PROJECT, AND IT HAS HAD
A BIG IMPACT ON THEM.
MAGGIE O'MARA TAKES
US TO HILLSDALE FOR THIS
WEEK'S
WEEK'S SEVEN'S HERO. THESE 5TH GRADE STUDENTS AT HILLSDALE
ELEMENTARY ARE BUSY
WRITING LETTERS,
HEARTFELT LETTERS TO
PEOPLE THEY DON'T EVEN
KNOW.
ANDREW: MY FAVORITE
PART IS WRITING THE
NOTES AND THINKING OF
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE
ARE GOING TO GIVE IT TO
AND WRITING INSPIRING
THINGS ON THE NOTES.
THESE NOTES WILL BE
GIVEN TO THE HOMELESS
AT INTERFAITH
SANCTUARY, ALONG WITH
A WARM BLANKET.
JUSTICE: I LOVE TO HELP
PEOPLE AND I LOVE TO DO
THINGS FOR OTHER
PEOPLE IT'S JUST MAKES
ME SUPER HAPPY AND
GRATEFUL THAT I GET TO
DO THIS.
THIS CLASS PROJECT IS
ALL PART OF A NON-
PROFIT CALLED BLANKETS
OF HOPE.
ROCHELLE: BLANKETS OF
HOPE IS AN
ORGANIZATION THAT TWO
BROTHERS STARTED... THEY
REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
REALLY.
YOUTUBE WE WERE
SUPPOSEDLY MORE
CONNECTED THAN EVER,
BUT WE STILL FELT SO
EMPTY INSIDE.
EVERY DAY, NEW YORK
BROTHERS MIKE AND NICK
FIORITO PASSED BY
HOMELESS PEOPLE
FREEZING ON THE STREETS
OF NYC.
YOUTUBE THEN ONE DAY
WE STOPPED AND ASKED
OURSELVES WHAT REALLY
MATTERS. THAT'S WHEN
EVERYTHING CHANGED.
YOUTUBE WE ALL JUST
WANT
WANT TO
WANT TO KNOW THAT OUR LIFE MEANS SOMETHING, WE WANT TO
KNOW THAT PEOPLE CARE.
THEY SET UP A GO FUND
ME AND RAISED ENOUGH
CASH TO BUY 100
BLANKETS FOR THE
HOMELESS, AND THEY
ADDED SOMETHING
SPECIAL, A HANDWRITTEN
NOTE.
NOTE.
YOUTUBE
YOUTUBE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE SPOKEN TO HAVEN'T HEARD THEIR
NAME SPOKEN IN THREE
MONTHS. THESE ARE
MOTHERS FATHERS,
SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS,
SONS AND BROTHERS.
AND THEY ARE
COMPLETELY ALONE.
YOUTUBE TO US IT'S
SOMETHING
SOMETHING SIMPLE JUST A BLANKET AND A HAND WRITTEN NOTE. BUT TO
SOMEONE ELSE IT CAN
MEAN THE WORLD.
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF A COUNTRY WIDE
MOVEMENT!
ONE OF OUR STUDENTS
PARENTS CONTACTED ME
AND ASKED IF WE COULD
GET SOME BLANKETS
DELIVERED IN OUR OWN
COMMUNTY
WE TALK A LOT IN OUR
CLASSROOM ABOUT
BEING KIND AND GIVING
BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY... GIVING
BACK TO THE COMMON
GOOD.
THEY KNOW WHAT'S
IMPORTANT AND THEY
LIKE TO HELP THE
COMMUNITY, THEY LIKE
TO GIVE BACK.
WE GIVE BLANKETS TO
THE HOMELESS...
IT'S JUST GIVING IT WITH
A NICE A NOTE TO LET
THEM KNOW THAT THEY
ARE IMPORTANT AND
KEEPING THEM WARM.
I THINK IT LET'S US SEE
HOW MANY PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE HOMES AND
HOW MANY AREN'T AS
FORTUNATE AS US, AND
LET'S US SEE HOW
FORTUNATE WE ARE AND
THAT WE SHOULD BE
HELPING THEM.
INTERFAITH SANCTUARY
SAYS THIS DONATION IS
MUCH NEEDED.
OFTEN TIMES WE DO RUN
OUT OF BLANKETS
BECAUSE WE DO SERVE
164 GUESTS A NIGHT...
I THINK IT ALSO SHOWS
THE COMMUNITY THAT
5TH GRADERS ARE ABLE
TO CREATE A CHANGE
AND PAYING IT FORWARD.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT.
IT JUST SNOWBALLS
FROM THERE.
HAVING THESE EXTRA
BLANKETS WILL MEAN
THAT THEY WILL HAVE
SOMETHING THAT
REMINDS THEM THAT
THEY ARE NOT
FORGOTTEN THAT THEY
ARE LOVED.
SO WHAT REALLY
MATTERS, WE ALL MATTER,
EACH AND EVERYONE OF
US.
THE STUDENTS AT
HILLSDALE ELEMENTARY
ARE PROVIDING SO MUCH
HOPE AND LOVE...
THE COMPASSION THAT I
SEE MY STUDENTS
EXHIBITING THROUGH THIS... HAS BROUGHT A TEAR OR TWO TO MY EYE.
THEY
THEY ARE
THEY ARE SEVEN'S HEROES. FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON BLANKETS OF HOPE
AND HOW YOU CAN GET
YOUR SCHOOL INVOLVED,
CHECK OUT THIS STORY
ON KTVB.COM.
ON KTVB.COM.