Grove School » Toys for Tots http://www.groveschool.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Children need us http://www.groveschool.com/2009/12/21/children-need-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=children-need-us http://www.groveschool.com/2009/12/21/children-need-us/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:29:16 +0000 Scott Andersen http://blog.groveschool.com/?p=1128 I had the pleasure this past week to help purchase some much needed books and toys for children in the Cary area. As we were shopping for these toys, I kept thinking about how much children need us.

They need us to put them first. This can manifest itself in many forms. They need us to provide the basics of life: food, shelter and clothing. They need us to provide them a great education. They need us to provide them a safe, healthy and sustainable environment in which they can thrive.

However, as we completed the shopping and delivered the goodies to the wonderful retired former Marines on Friday, I was struck by this one word: love.

Children need love.

As I saw the proud retired Marines, along with the branch manager of the local bank participating as a drop off location for the Toys for Tots program, I was filled with a peaceful feeling that what we were doing this day was one of the many ways to express love. So many people freely giving of their time to benefit children.

One of the major goals of The Grove School is to help develop and be a part of our community. Even though it was only in a small way, I feel that we did just that, along with our Marine and banking friends.

I believe we did it for the right reason. We all love children.

]]> http://www.groveschool.com/2009/12/21/children-need-us/feed/ 0 The Grove School donates $1,000 to Toys for Tots http://www.groveschool.com/2009/12/21/the-grove-school-donates-1000-to-toys-for-tots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-grove-school-donates-1000-to-toys-for-tots http://www.groveschool.com/2009/12/21/the-grove-school-donates-1000-to-toys-for-tots/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:19:12 +0000 Scott Andersen http://blog.groveschool.com/?p=1130 Photo credit: Hal Goodtree

Photo credit: Hal Goodtree

Thanks To Hal Goodtree at the Cary Citizen for covering this event. Read his article.

And here’s some video from that day:

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