Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Project Giving Back at Jackson-Feild Homes

 
Ms. Theresa Hicks, residential counselor in Rodgers Cottage at Jackson-Feild Homes, cares deeply about others and is passionate about instilling this spirit of caring in the children at Jackson-Feild Homes. Hicks created Project Giving Back to identify opportunities for residents to help others.  

The most recent venture was to make bracelets for our troops serving in Afghanistan. The brother of a Rodgers Cottage resident is serving there as is the son of a staff member. Allan, another resident, is a talented young man who showed the other boys in Rodgers how to make the bracelets using Paracord. When the girls saw what the boys were doing, they wanted to join the effort. All told, a total of 75 bracelets were made and shipped to our troops. The residents also wrote personal letters to accompany the bracelets.
           
Some of the children's comments were Eddie "It gave me a special feeling to give back to the men and women defending us", Diane "heart-felt feelings to do something for someone else" and Anthony "a nice feeling to give back".
           
This is the seventh Project Giving Back effort this year. The residents previously collected clothing and other items for the Oklahoma tornado victims, and have made food items and other gifts for residents of Emporia and Greensville Manor on a number of occasions.The residents are looking forward to their next opportunity to help others. In the process of helping others, they are also helping themselves.