Denver, Colorado… The Mile High Academy Lower School (LS) has partnered with the Denver chapter of Project Linus. Project Linus is a non-profit that teams with organizations across the United States to provide new, handmade blankets to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, in hospitals or may have other needs.
As part of the CHERISH Core Values Program, LS students worked in groups of various grade levels and began making more than 17 no-sew fleece blankets. Students prayed over each blanket, asking that God’s blessings and love reaches the child who will receive it. Some students used their own money to purchase fabric and make more blankets at home.
“Each month, our Lower School students engage in an on-campus service project that serves local and global communities. Our students are recognizing the value of looking beyond self and to a world in need,” said Denae Yuros, MHA fourth grade teacher.
“Forming this partnership with Project Linus lines up with Mile High Academy’s CHERISH Core Values, and we are very excited about this ministry,” she added.
Plans are to continue making blankets through the school year.
—Denae Yuros, with Karrie Meyers; photo supplied
