LOVE HOUSE KIDS COLLECTION

Dear ALA Family,

This winter Student Council is partnering with the Love House Kids Program to provide Christmas gifts to foster kids in group homes. Last year this went really well and we hope to have that kind of effect again this year! We are asking that students give generously to meet the needs of the students, and we invite parents, grandparents, alumni, anyone to help as well.

Here are some ways you can help...

• Donate money to your/your child's homeroom teacher. This way the teacher can buy gifts on the foster kids' lists with that money.
• Buy gifts on an Amazon list that the teacher created for your specific homeroom (please ask your homeroom teacher if this is an option).
• Make it more personable by going out and buying the gifts on the kids' lists yourself (gifts not on the list are acceptable, but we put first priority on gifts the kids specifically want).

Any of these three options is a great way to help us give the foster kids joy on their Christmas day! In total, we are supporting 14 foster kids, one in each homeroom. The 14 kids we have range from newborn to 18, coming from pasts of abuse, relocation, and many other misfortunes. Any donations really help us go a long way to light up these children's worlds. We are grateful for all the gifts we have from our God and wish to use the community we have at ALA to pay forward those blessings to people who really need them. Thank you for your partnership in this activity.

Here's a link to the Love House website if you'd like to know more about their mission: https://www.lovehousekidsprogram.org/what-we-do.html)


MR. JON ROMSDAHL, MSIDT