Holy Child Catholic School Adopts Two Schools in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Maria

Young Vincentians from Holy Child Catholic School, students grade 4-8, are involved in spreading the good news of the Bible and the love of Jesus to those in need by performing acts of compassion for those in the community. Projects include visits to senior centers, Christmas giving tree, packages to military members, and in this case response to disasters. This year the students were moved by the extent of damage caused by natural disasters in this country, and none more so than in Puerto Rico from hurricane Maria. The larger scale humanitarian effort being beyond their capabilities, they decided on what seemed to be an overlooked area, the schools and students there. They reached out to several organizations providing support to the general population and found two schools that were severely affected, one Catholic and one public. Fr. Granito, pastor of Holy Child Parish allowed them to make a personal appeal from the pulpit. Because of the overwhelming generosity of the parish, 11 moving boxes of school supplies and over $2000.00 in funds were collected. They shipped the supplies, wrote letters of encouragement and support, and sent each school $1000.00. Both schools were highly appreciative of what turned out to be much needed and necessary supplies to help them find some normalcy after the disaster from hurricane Maria that is still affecting much of the island. The parish and their pastor are very proud of their efforts and their obvious demonstration of Christian compassion.