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St. Matthew’s House Grateful to CSN Students On a sunny March morning, representatives from St. Matthew’s House visited Community School of Naples to show their appreciation for the students’ efforts to alleviate hunger in our community. St. Matthew’s House’s mission is to serve neighbors in need of food, shelter, and sometimes addiction recovery. Mr. Steve Brooder, CEO of the local non-profit, was one of the visitors who came to present Dr. David Watson, Head of School of CSN, with a framed certificate representing the school’s achievement as one of the largest donors to SMH. Dr. Watson reciprocated by handing Mr. Brooder a check representing some of the proceeds of a recent Family Fun Run organized by members of the school’s administration as part of their ongoing hurricane relief efforts. While the exchange was taking place, a truck was at the other end of the campus picking up huge collection bins filled with non-perishable food items donated by the school’s families. This latest food drive is something the school’s 7th grade class does each year as part of their Squire’s Challenge, when they learn the history of the Middle Ages and the qualities of a good knight. This year the students chose to make their food drive school wide, encouraging those in the Lower School and Upper School and well as others in the Middle School to bring in food. Mr. Brooder began the brief ceremony by saying, “We are so pleased to be here at the Community School of Naples for this food donation that's come in along with a cash donation from the school and the students. It really is important to have this partnership in the community, and we consider the Community School of Naples a great partner…This is an ongoing partnership because they have helped out with Thanksgiving and other food drives. This is just another example of the support coming from this organization. We so appreciate that.” Dr. Watson replied, “I think St. Matthew's House shows the selflessness of charity, and that's something that we want the children to understand. We have set core values at our school and they include things like stewardship and citizenship, and we want them to understand in a practical way how that can be put into action. St. Matthew's House gives us that opportunity.” CSN students are involved in many other charitable activities throughout the year, not only those benefiting St. Matthew’s House. The Family Fun Run proceeds already mentioned were shared with Habitat for Humanity and the Neighborhood Health Clinic. As part of the school’s hurricane relief efforts, CSN also collected bicycles for families who lost their means of transportation, and individual students and small groups mobilized to help in the immediate aftermath of the storm. In addition, each year graduating seniors organize a Teen Angel Program, when classes throughout the school “adopt” their counterparts in Immokalee at the Guadalupe Centers to give them gifts of toys, clothing and food at Christmas. Freshmen spend a Day of Service each year packing food for Meals of Hope. And most recently books and gently used athletic equipment were collected for other local organizations.
St. Matthew’s House Grateful to CSN Students
On a sunny March morning, representatives from St. Matthew’s House visited Community School of Naples to show their appreciation for the students’ efforts to alleviate hunger in our community. St. Matthew’s House’s mission is to serve neighbors in need of food, shelter, and sometimes addiction recovery. Mr. Steve Brooder, CEO of the local non-profit, was one of the visitors who came to present Dr. David Watson, Head of School of CSN, with a framed certificate representing the school’s achievement as one of the largest donors to SMH. Dr. Watson reciprocated by handing Mr. Brooder a check representing some of the proceeds of a recent Family Fun Run organized by members of the school’s administration as part of their ongoing hurricane relief efforts.
While the exchange was taking place, a truck was at the other end of the campus picking up huge collection bins filled with non-perishable food items donated by the school’s families. This latest food drive is something the school’s 7th grade class does each year as part of their Squire’s Challenge, when they learn the history of the Middle Ages and the qualities of a good knight. This year the students chose to make their food drive school wide, encouraging those in the Lower School and Upper School and well as others in the Middle School to bring in food.
Mr. Brooder began the brief ceremony by saying, “We are so pleased to be here at the Community School of Naples for this food donation that's come in along with a cash donation from the school and the students. It really is important to have this partnership in the community, and we consider the Community School of Naples a great partner…This is an ongoing partnership because they have helped out with Thanksgiving and other food drives. This is just another example of the support coming from this organization. We so appreciate that.”
Dr. Watson replied, “I think St. Matthew's House shows the selflessness of charity, and that's something that we want the children to understand. We have set core values at our school and they include things like stewardship and citizenship, and we want them to understand in a practical way how that can be put into action. St. Matthew's House gives us that opportunity.”
CSN students are involved in many other charitable activities throughout the year, not only those benefiting St. Matthew’s House. The Family Fun Run proceeds already mentioned were shared with Habitat for Humanity and the Neighborhood Health Clinic. As part of the school’s hurricane relief efforts, CSN also collected bicycles for families who lost their means of transportation, and individual students and small groups mobilized to help in the immediate aftermath of the storm. In addition, each year graduating seniors organize a Teen Angel Program, when classes throughout the school “adopt” their counterparts in Immokalee at the Guadalupe Centers to give them gifts of toys, clothing and food at Christmas. Freshmen spend a Day of Service each year packing food for Meals of Hope. And most recently books and gently used athletic equipment were collected for other local organizations.