Students in Trinity’s fifth through eighth grade spend part of their Friday afternoons in an elective class. There are a variety of classes to choose from home maintenance to journalism, engineering to games, the students are assigned a new elective every trimester. One elective, Faith in Action, participated in a special program that honors veterans.
Faith in Action, led by Jill Kopper, participated in several activities to serve others. They raked leaves, they learned about mission trips, and they sent cards to Operation Holiday Salute.
Operation Holiday Salute is a national campaign that sends Christmas cards to veterans in hospice. In Michigan alone, there are more than 19,000 veterans in hospice so the need is great.
Paper Hugs Crew meets once a month to make handmade cards for Trinity’s ministries and teams. The crew donates cards to the Elders, health teams, and any other Trinity group that requests them. Each group can use the cards however it wishes.
Earlier this trimester, the Paper Hugs Crew worked with the Faith in Action elective to make cards for Operation Holiday Salute. The students included handwritten messages for the veterans as well.
Trinity is working with the Michigan chapter of American Gold Star Mothers to get the cards into the hands of veterans this Christmas. If you’d like to learn more about the program, visit the Veteran Last Patrol website.
Faith in Action
