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Updated May 2008

Events & Projects, Food Drive, Advent Project, Lenten Project

"St. Matthew Goes Green"
           Check out Events and Projects above for photos.
-Thanks for all your donations for jeans day on Friday, April 25.   The school raised $421.67.   The money was donated to an organization called Clean Rivers Organization.  They were delighted to accept the money. 

Lenten Project 2008
St. Matthew Service Club sponsored a Family Movie Night on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 in the old gym. The movie presentation was Ratatouille. There was no admission fee but donations were accepted. Concessions included pizza, popcorn, candy and other snacks. The proceeds will be used to help finance a building at the orphanage in Tanzania for students like Erick(our adopted student) to come back to when they are not at school. A St. Matthew parishioner contributed $750 in hopes that we could match it. The total for the movie night was $1,687.50. Thanks to all who contributed!

There was also an Alms jar in each classroom. The money was contributed to our Sisters for their Order's mission. St. Matthew students donated $1,208.19 to the classroom collections.  Thank you all for your generosity.

Advent Projects 2007
Each year during the Advent season the children of St. Matthew School help the needy in our community.  Our goal is to give of ourselves and to help others have a wonderful Christmas.

This December, students in  Grades K-4 will be collecting new or gently used "warm" items such as coats, scarves, hats, and gloves for Unit 4's "Warm a Child" Drive. collections will conclude on Thursday, December 13.

As our tradition, Grades 5-8 will provide Christmas this year for families in our community.  Lists of needed items will be available in the classrooms, and students can sign up for the gift they would like to purchase for this project.

Thank you for your generosity and continued support.

Food Drive November 2007
St. Matthew School will collect food for the annual Food For Families drive, which will provide food to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank for distribution to charitable agencies in a 15-county area. Food will be collected from October 13 to October 27 and can be brought to school and placed in one of the containers located in the main hall of the school. Thank you. The following kinds of food are needed:

Also students will once again decorate bags for the Crisis Nursery Christmas Sale. They will be decorated at school and turned in by November 14.

Mrs. Fulton and students in grades 6-8 met during lunch on October 16 to discuss student service projects for the school year.   Forty-three interested students attended.
photos taken by Mrs. Scherer

On Friday, October 12, 2007 students may wear jeans to school for a $1.00 donation. The money raised will help continue our support of a Catholic Education for Erick Bernard from the Rulenge Orphanage in Tanzania, Africa.  Erick is a 2nd grader at St. Peter Claver School.