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Compassion Matters... Pass It On! 11-22-22

December 07, 2022
By Compassion Panther

On November 22nd, the Compassion Connection Club threw a party for the Big Sister Little Sister Program.  This mentoring program pairs up Preston students with 3rd grade little girls.  Weekly, they meet - they do homework together, arts and crafts and various bonding activities.  At their Thanksgiving Party, the girls had fun making their turkey themed arts and crafts to kick start their Thanksgiving break! They played games and each little girl went home with a framed photo of herself with her “Big” and a shopping bag full of food from the food drive for her family!


 

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Compassion Matters... Pass It On! 11-18-22

December 03, 2022
By Compassion Panther

Preston's Annual Food Drive is officially over! Not only did we reach our goal, but we passed it! 
The Preston community gathered 12,426 points in pounds and dollars!

Thank you everybody for donating your time, money, and food! With these donations Preston's Compassion Connection was able to make the following donations:

-St. Anthony's Pantry  +/- 1300 lbs and $650
-St. Francis of Rome Pantry   +/- 1300 lbs and $650
-St. Raymond's Pantry  +/- 1300 lbs and $650
-Center of Compassion Pantry in Dover Plains - $1500

-Lamp Ministries - $1500 & 5 packages of food (from Italian Honor Society)
-Preston Center of Compassion Little Sister families - 15 packages
-Preston Center of Compassion (supermarket gift cards for families in need)  - $1500
-Santa Maria Parish - 28 packages for families in need
-Mary Clancy Foundation - +/- 650 lbs and $650

LET'S GO FOOD DRIVE PANTHERS!!!  
 

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Compassion Matters... Pass It On! 11-1-22

November 09, 2022
By Compassion Panther

It's Operation Christmas Child Box time! Students filled boxes with toys, hygiene products, and school supplies for little boys and girls all over the world. Thank you to the Samaritan's Purse organization for allowing us this opportunity every year - to spread compassion not only beyond the Bronx, but to children across the world as well.

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Compassion Matters... Pass It On! 10-25-22

November 08, 2022
By Compassion Panther

On October 25th, the Compassion Connection Club made 140 turkey and cheese sandwiches for Lamp Ministries to feed the hungry in the Bronx & Manhattan.  LET’S GO COMPASSION PANTHERS!

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Compassion Matters... Pass It On! 10-20-22

November 07, 2022
By Compassion Panther

About 2 and a half weeks into the Food Drive, between monetary donations and food donations, we have 4,086 points in total! We are almost half way to our goal! Thank you to everyone who has brought in food. Keep it up! LET'S GO FOOD DRIVE PANTHERS! BRING IN FOOD!

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Compassion Matters... Pass It On! 10-5-22

November 03, 2022
By Compassion Panther

The Compassion Connection Club is back! The biggest club in Preston kicked off their first meeting of the school year with 140 sandwiches for the hungry ministered to by Lamp Ministries and 40 candy bags and 40 cards for senior citizens from the Preston Center of Compassion! We are so happy to be back and have a strong start! Exactly 100 students were in attendance.  Let's go Compassion Panthers!

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Compassion Matters - Pass It On! 11-14-17

November 14, 2017
By Compassion Panther

Big Sister-Little Sister is an afterschool program on Tuesdays in which selected Preston juniors are paired with 3rd grade girls from a public school in the Bronx. These girls often come from struggling families in which the parents work full time and are unavailable to help  the girls with homework. These girls are not as fortunate to have the “traditional, ideal family life."  Our Preston girls act as their “big sisters,” helping them with homework, and building relationships with them. The “big sisters” instill values such as honesty, determination, commitment, and passion in their “little sisters.” This is an amazing opportunity for girls  to have a role model, someone to aspire to be like.

Compassion Connection organized Big Sister-Little Sisters' first party of the year to celebrate Thanksgiving. Students brought in homemade baked goods for the Big and Little Sisters to share. Together they made necklaces, sang Disney songs, and danced. 

Shealin Corbett adores her “big sister” Angela Akalonu and exclaimed “this is the best day ever! I never knew school could be so much fun!” Every “little sister” went home with a thank-you card for their parents and a bag of groceries, including rice, cereal, stuffing, and cans (collected in the schoolwide food drive.) 

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Compassion Matters - Pass It On! 11-13-17

November 13, 2017
By Compassion Panther

Compassion Connection’s Bake Sale raised $100 for the family of a Preston alumna who passed away, battling cancer. Preston’s compassion extends to everyone, especially one of our own…”Once a panther, always a panther.”

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Compassion Matters - Pass It On! 10-23-17

October 24, 2017
By Compassion Panther

Compassion Connection collected donations from its members to fill shoeboxes with gifts for underprivileged children through Operation Christmas Child.  20 boxes were filled with little stuffed animals, boxes of crayons, hair ribbons, toothbrushes, tooth paste, bar soap, knit gloves, and candy.

 

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Compassion Matters - Pass It On! 9-29-17

September 29, 2017
By Compassion Panther

Preston's most popular club, Compassion Connection, sponsors an endless amount of fundraising events, such as the bake sale in the photo. The members contribute by bringing in exlusively home baked goods to be sold. There are very few times when a Compassion Connection bale sale doesn't sell out!

The proceeds from this bake sale will fund the many projects Compassion Connection will endeavor this fall, such as personal fall themed packages for senior citizens. Compassion Connection embraces all members of society through their acts of charity and kindness! 

 

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