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Grade 3 Ornament Fundraiser

by Mrs. M. Eising
In the grade 3 Bible curriculum, through- areas, by reducing hunger, poverty and
out the stories of Isaac and Jacob, wells illness.
are often mentioned as an essential
source of survival and a meeting place. Early in December, the students in grade
Especially in the book of Genesis, we see 3A and 3B began to make three styles of
again and again that God, in His faithful- ornaments to be combined and sold in Today was a great day! First of all, Ms.
ness, provides for His people and would packages for a suggested donation of $5. Van Voorst told us that we were making
often show His presence while His people Our plan was for each student to sell 2 ornaments and then selling them for $10.
were near a well. Water, too, is a symbol packages of ornaments, allowing enough We would then bring the money in and
of God’s forgiveness and His eternal love money to be raised to provide funds for we would buy hand washing stations and
for us. two family sized water filters, ($115 each) filtration systems for people who can’t
and three or four handwashing stations afford these things. So, we sanded our
This year, God planted a small idea, ($30 each). ornaments that were wood. It took a
and a project to provide clean water for lot of time. Next, we painted our wood
some of His neediest people began. The From there, God made this small idea ornaments with white paint. After that,
grade 3 students were challenged to raise grow into something bigger and more we cut out orange paper into noses for
money to allow funds to go towards two beautiful than we could have imagined. our ornament. Then, we took a pencil
World Renew projects: water filters and The students rose to the occasion and and dipped it into black paint to make
hand-washing stations. World Renew is a poured their energy into sanding, stamp- eyes and a mouth! That was our snow-
Christian organization, founded in 1962, ing, cutting, drilling and painting, resulting man ornament! Next, we made a cookie
that provides aid for peoples in disaster in beautiful ornaments, while also expe- ornament that smelled like cinnamon. We
riencing feelings of joy and excitement in got to knead the dough, rolled out the
doing Kingdom work. dough and then we cut our ornament into
a star. Tada! We were done! I know you
On the last day before the Christmas want to eat the cookie one, but don’t…..
break, after all of the ornaments had all it has glue in it! It was so great to make
been sold and delivered to grandparents, something that can help other people.
neighbours, family, and friends, we took –Abby D. Gr. 3A
some time to count the money that came
in. Every last cent was counted carefully
and the result was beautiful. Not only In Grade 3 we have been making orna-
had the students managed to raise the ments. The ornaments are one snowman,
necessary funds of $380 to ensure our one snowflake, and one cinnamon star.
initial goal was met, we surpassed it We painted the snowman, stamped the
by over $100 allowing for even greater snow flake, and made the star out of cin-
things! Sometime in 2021, three families namon dough. Mrs. Eising brought round
will be blessed with water filters for their wood pieces and we were allowed to drill
homes “bringing a life-changing impact on holes in them! The ornaments turned out
a family’s workload and health,” and three great! My favourite one to make was the
hand-washing stations will also be built, cinnamon star because it smelled SO
to help stop “the spread of germs and GOOD. We are getting money to buy 3
disease” (worldrenew.ca/gifts). handwashing stations and 3 family water
filters through World Renew. We collect-
The look on the students’ faces when they ed more money than expected, which
realized what they had accomplished was was super exciting, so we could buy 2
incredible! Their hearts were bursting with extra water filters! These are going to
joy knowing that they had been a source help people with no clean water. I can’t
of light in our sometimes dark world. As imagine having no clean water. We are
they blessed others, they were greatly helping to keep the germs away with buy-
blessed! Perhaps some small seeds were ing hand washing stations, and helping 3
planted in the students’ hearts, knowing families drink clean water. Thank-you for
that they are able to share the love of buying the ornaments.
Christ – sometimes through just a few –Ruth H. Gr. 3B
small ornaments.

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