CRT hits the ground running in September
Starting the second calendar year of the WES civil rights team, our first project was to insure that our new students felt welcome in our school. The CRT sponsored a New Student Luncheon and invited seven new middle school students for a Make-Your-Own-Italians lunch. The team donated all the food items and ,while everyone was eating delicious sandwiches, we shared our focus and projects for the upcoming year.
Another focus area is insure that people feel valued regardless of their economic, social or academic status. The CRT contact the Bread of Life ministries homeless shelter in Augusta, and received a list of all children living in the shelter. Knowing only the gender and age of each child, team members adopt a child to give him/her a Birthday Box. The box contains a gift and a book that compliments that gift, plates, napkins and a birthday banner. The team member provides a cake that will be appropriate for the child and the child’s family, then the Birthday Box is delivered to the shelter by a member of the Whitefield community.
The meetings are Thursday from noon to 12:40 PM. Students bring their lunches into Mr. Beeton’s homeroom, and the team reviews the items on the weekly agenda. Everyone is invited to join the team, but the commitment must be to attend every Thursday and remain the entire 40 minutes.
