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Fourth and fifth grade classes at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows spent part of the spring of 2019 giving back, using grant money from Project Jack.
The grants honor Jack Lindaman, a boy who died of spinal muscular atrophy in 2010 at age 6. They are funded by the Iowa Association of Realtors, and the idea is simple: students get a small amount of money and decide how to spend it on someone else.
Miss Lloyd’s fifth grade class bought games and took them to residents of The Meadows Independent Living. The students played with the residents that day and left the games behind for them to keep.
Mrs. Jensen’s fifth grade class used its grant to host an appreciation breakfast for the people who keep the school and town running: EMTs, firefighters, police, sheriff’s deputies, custodians and bus drivers. The students planned conversation questions ahead of time and sat with their guests.
The projects were organized with help from elementary guidance counselor Sarah Kakacek.
Jill Ostrander writes for Clarion News Online.