Pennsylvania
Bucks County students help provide meals to seniors in community
In about two years, Cemantha Giulian’s class has helped distribute almost 15,000 meals.
YARDLEY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A particular training trainer in Bucks County is educating her college students invaluable life expertise whereas additionally serving to folks locally.
Cemantha Giulian teaches college students on the autism spectrum at Council Rock North Excessive College. She obtained concerned with the nonprofit, Caring For Associates, and determined to have her college students assist too.
Each week, her class, together with different pupil volunteers from the college pack containers of frozen meals that go to homebound seniors locally.
“It isn’t what you’d count on. It isn’t your typical college day. We’re writing and doing math and studying. We’re placing our useful expertise to make use of to assist different folks,” stated Giulian.
The magic quantity the scholars deal with is seven. Each journey from the fridge to the packing containers they ask for seven meals to hold. Every field has seven lunches and 7 dinners to go to every senior.
Volunteers from St. Andrew’s Church, positioned throughout the road from the highschool, cook dinner the meals.
“Now we’ve got a really well-oiled machine of packing up 400 to 600 meals a month and delivering to Philadelphia,” stated Giulian.
In about two years, Giulian’s class has helped distribute almost 15,000 meals.
“They do not actually all the time notice the magnitude of how huge this little venture is that they are doing and the way a lot of a distinction they’re making,” stated Giulian.
For the scholars, the advantages of this program transcend serving to folks in want, they’re making associates they could have in any other case by no means talked to in school.
“It is satisfying to have such an excellent relationship with our associates and it is very nice to have an expertise like this,” stated Gianna Reilly, a senior at the highschool who volunteers to assist the category.
As any good trainer will know, an train in giving again and constructing life expertise all the time provides up.
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