Fifth-grade Family and Consumer Science students at Mineola Middle School recently completed a service-learning project in which they decorated tote bags for dialysis patients at Winthrop University Hospital.
Last year, students made blankets for these patients and this year, wanted to give the patients something to carry those in. A representative from Winthrop-University Hospital visited the school to collect the tote bags and make a small presentation about dialysis and the importance of service learning.
More than 200 tote bags were decorated for the patients and the project served as a tie-in to the school’s character education program.
