Some good news for a change: the kids are all right.
Well, these ones anyway.
After weeks of hard work and planning, a dusty and tired room at St. Charles College in New Sudbury has received new life and a new purpose: to help peers in need.
The Cardinal Closet is the result of weeks of hard work and planning by students in the Comprehensive program. Together with their educational assistants Christina Gallagher and Nancy Oliveria, students planned renovations to the unused room, choosing colours and painting the room themselves.
"We worked together to make this detention room look like a really good closet," beamed Jordon Marcoux. "We impressed everyone."
Together, students sorted and laundered the donated clothing that will be made available to their peers. Also, they shopped for toiletry and food items that have been made available on the closet's shelves.
"Their biggest thing was helping other Cards," Gallagher responded proudly when asked what makes the students so enthusiastic about this project. "One of my students said, 'You know Miss, it's a way to put a smile on someone else's face.'"
For now, students can access the Cardinal Closet with a referral from staff at St. Charles. The food and clothing items can then be 'shopped' for freely to help Cardinals in need.
