BV Students Help the Needy

From the Hendrick Hudson School Distrcit:

The Buchanan-Verplanck Elementary School is taking part in a nationwide campaign to collect pajamas and books for needy children.  The collection is sponsored through “The Pajama Program,” a national organization dedicated to “Providing Sleepwear, Books and Comfort to Children in Need Nationwide.”

Students at B-V collected 31 pairs of pajamas and 34 books for the children in need. Many of the donations collected through the Pajama Program will benefit children in group and foster homes as well as children living in shelters.  “

We collected these pajamas and books to make a difference in the lives of children in and around our community,” said event organizer Bridget Merna.  “I remember hearing about a child who didn’t know what pajamas were.  It broke my heart. Something had to be done.”

According to their website, The Pajama Program provides new pajamas and new books to children in need, many who are waiting and hoping to be adopted.   Many of the children who will receive the pajamas live in orphanages, group homes and shelters and are shuffled often between temporary living facilities.  Many of them have been abused or abandoned, and have never enjoyed the simple comfort of having a mother or father tuck them in at bedtime and read to them. Since 2001 the program has provided more than one million pajamas and books to children in need nationwide. The Pajama Program has collected 2,700 pajamas and approximately 3,500 books this year alone!

“This was a great way for our students to help out people who are less fortunate,” said Principal Josh Cohen.  “It is extremely gratifying to see our students take an active role in helping people throughout their community,” he concluded.