Helping Hands at RCS

Community service at Rippowam Cisqua School is a hands-on experience.  In fact, many students on the School's Lower Campus recently spent a December afternoon helping the community's neediest neighbors.  More than 30 Senior-PreKindergarten and Second Grade students came together on Friday, December 7th to collect, sort, and pack clothing as part of the School's annual Share the Warmth clothing drive.  Members of the school-wide community had donated new pajamas, robes, slippers, and socks (91 pounds in total!), and these 30+ children then gathered the items and delivered them to the Community Center of Northern Westchester, which has a longstanding relationship with the School.   These students also made beautiful, sparkling holiday ornaments that were delivered along with the clothing to the Community Center for distribution to the Center's patrons during the holiday season. 

 

On the Upper Campus, students in grades five through nine took part in the Share the Warmth event as well, and they gathered and delivered 34 pounds of new clothing to the Community Center. The Upper Campus students held a food drive to coincide with the Share the Warmth clothing drive, and on Thursday, December 20th, the students and teachers delivered more than 1,300 pounds of food to the Community Center and to Neighbor's Link in Mt. Kisco.