Students from St. Patrick Catholic School in Erinsville have sent teddy bears filled with love to children in Zambia this February. Students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 worked on 46 teddy bears that went to Africa Feb. 26 with local missionaries Tom and Cheryl Martin, and Bob and Marg Allore. "Every year, we do a project during Lent to focus on global awareness and social issues," said Anne Hanley, who teaches Grades 1 to 4 in Erinsville."It opens the students' eyes to the needs of others in a way they wouldn't normally see here."

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Posted Thu, Feb 28 2008 13:33 by memeza / Zambian News