Onekama Elementary Fourth Grade Helps the Salvation Army

Today 14 people went to the Salvation Army to bag food for the people who need it in our community. We had to bag jello, cranberries, beans, corn, salt, potatoes, and stuffing. In the end we found out we had bagged 1,000. Even though it was really tiring and my back hurt afterwards, I'm glad that I went because I got to help people. ...Claire

When we went to the Salvation Army today we packed food. First the lady showed us how to pick up things. Then we got to work. Five of us filled a room and then they told us we had to move the bags to another room. All of us were glad to do what we did. ...Brandon B.

Today I went to the Salvation Army. We hd to fill bags with cans and boxes. We had to fill 500 bags but we filled over that. We filled all the tables. I had so much fun there. We also had our picture taken. ...Meghan

We went downstairs and were acting like we owned a store or something. What we had to do was put stuff into bags such as: cranberries, jello, salt and pepper and you know, stuff like that. We took a little break and had hot chocolate milk and cookies. Then we went back to work. We put all the bags on the table and under the talble and we left. It was a great experience. ...Brittany.

At the Salvation Army we helped a lot. We helped pack bags. We put bags on tables. I had fun. ...Nick

I had a lot of fun at the Salvation Army. We had to slide the bags down and people would put food in the bag. Then we put them on tables. ...John

Today some of our class and some from the other class went to the Salvation Army. I had a lot of fun packing and putting away bags. We had a line of people to pack the bags and on the other side of the table we had people to carry the bags. It was a lot of work. We would switch every 10 minutes. When we were almost done we had lunch. I felt good after I did all my work. ...Nisha

On December fifteenth my classmates and I went to the Salvation Army. We bagged corn, mash potatoes, oranges, marironie, salt, green beans, tuna fish and salmon. It made me feel great to help others. It was hard work. ...Logan F.

On 12-15-05 our class went to the Salvation Army. We bagged groceries and put them on a really really long table and under the table too. We had to put them in a really really big spare room. ...Kaitlin

Everybody got to de each job. The jobs were putting things in bags and putting the bags away. ...Jordan

Today I went to the Salvation Army with my class. We stuffed 1,000 bags with food. It wasn't that hare. We were still very tired. When we got back to school it was time for musit. It was a fun day. ...Sam B.

Today I went to the Salvation Army Church. We packed food for the needy. First we got there and we put our coats away. Then we went down stairs. I was shocked how much food there was. There must have been over a thousand cans. So we got to work. I thought about all the people we were helping and I felt good. After we were done bagging we had to move the bags. Oh my gosh It was funny. We were moving back and forth. I had a nice time and I felt good. ...Sami K.

I went to the Salvation Army today. We went to help them bag food for the poor. It made me feel good because we got to help the poor. We bagged food for 3 and a half hours. It was very tiring. We bagged food from 9 until 1. I was so tired after we went to the Salvation Army. After we left we got our picture taken by a huge Christmas tree. This was all in Manistee. ...Lauren

We were told we had to work on our hands and knes. They did it different this year. When we were done we put a magazine about the Salvation Army in the bag. I had a fun time. Did I mention we made over 1,000 boxes of food? ...Sierra