5th graders in Mrs. Zoccolillo and Mrs. Manke's class hard at work, collaborating, creating and making pillow cases! The class made 40 pillowcases that will be donated to the local children's hospital and charities. Annella Bolster wrote an article for their upcoming classroom newsletter:
1 Million Pillowcase Challenge
By Anella Bolster
The 1 million pillowcase challenge began when 1 nurse (Michelle Kim) at the University of California Davis Medical Center learned how to make pillow cases. She thought that it would be very comforting to the children to know that there are people out there who care, who have sympathy for them or have maybe been through the same thing. She made enough that all the kids in the hospital going through surgery get one. The hospitals started the 1 million pillowcase challenge in 2010. Now over 560,000 pillowcases have been donated to children that need comforting in a time of stress and fears.
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