The Hilton School District and several community agencies recently joined together to sponsor the Eighth Annual Make a Difference Day. The largest national day of helping others through volunteerism, Make a Difference Day is always held the fourth Saturday in October.
Hilton students got involved in projects throughout the community, including: collecting electronics for recycling; sorting and collecting food for Hilton-Parma Food Shelf; visiting and doing activities with residents at Hilton East; making flowers for chemotherapy patients; collecting gently used coats, hats and mittens; sponsoring a blood drive; doing fall cleanup at Mt. Carmel House; working in a community garden that supplies the food shelf with fresh produce; and cleaning up trails and planting a tree at Parma Town Park.
Volunteers gathered in the cafeteria at Hilton High School both before and after volunteering where they enjoyed breakfast and lunch donated by the Latta Road Wegmans store.
A video of this year’s Make a Difference Day projects will be posted at Hilton.k12.ny.us soon.
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