Shop & Share is a district-wide project that allows students and families to give of their time, talent and treasure in a meaningful way to those in our schools and local community who need a hand in making the holiday season a little brighter. Over the past nine years, our schools have used this project to fulfill holiday wishes for more than 1,800 families in our schools and local community. While the project may look different at each school, the event is an incredible opportunity for every student and family to be involved in efforts to support those where we live, learn, work, and play!
Shop & Share 2018: A Huge Success!
With the first request for a wish list to fulfill in mid-November, so began the 10th year of Shop & Share. We began with hopes of helping more than 1,000 people this year and knew we’d need our entire Forest Hills School District community to get involved in some way; you did, you most certainly did. We are thrilled to share that your efforts granted holiday wishes of more than 1,100 people in our community who needed help at this time of year! Our elementary schools and Nagel raised in excess of $15,000 during their respective coin wars. More than 400 wish lists for our school families, Inter Parish Ministry, St Joseph Orphanage and Beech Acres Parenting Center were fulfilled. Your generosity also allows 9United to provide opportunities for our students and families to serve and be served in the communities where we live, learn, work and play!
Our Target shopping night was incredible and chaotic and awesome! Josh Gerth & Andrew S. Pappas made sure that tired parents got a Starbucks treat. Target made sure kiddos got popcorn and drinks. Nagel Middle School's orchestra provided some sounds of the season. Anderson Professional Firefighters - Local 3111 re-stocked us with Kroger cards to support our school families throughout 2019. Our school counselors and members of our school administration teams, Anderson Township, Ohio - Government & Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce were all on hand to share in the festivities!
We had no expectation that 10 years ago, we would launch a formal organization that would give our students the ability to make an impact in our community beyond Shop & Share. Because of you, we were able to do just that; we are grateful to be a part of a growing wave of service in our schools and humbled by your enthusiasm for letting our kids become the leaders they can be. We thank you for a fantastic 2018 and are excited for what 2019 holds!
Our Target shopping night was incredible and chaotic and awesome! Josh Gerth & Andrew S. Pappas made sure that tired parents got a Starbucks treat. Target made sure kiddos got popcorn and drinks. Nagel Middle School's orchestra provided some sounds of the season. Anderson Professional Firefighters - Local 3111 re-stocked us with Kroger cards to support our school families throughout 2019. Our school counselors and members of our school administration teams, Anderson Township, Ohio - Government & Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce were all on hand to share in the festivities!
We had no expectation that 10 years ago, we would launch a formal organization that would give our students the ability to make an impact in our community beyond Shop & Share. Because of you, we were able to do just that; we are grateful to be a part of a growing wave of service in our schools and humbled by your enthusiasm for letting our kids become the leaders they can be. We thank you for a fantastic 2018 and are excited for what 2019 holds!