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Local students reach out to Jamison youth BY KARLA PEREZ, VICTORIA GARCIA AND MARTHA LUCIO Community contributors
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rs. Haycock’s class from Panama Elementary School is helping the Jamison Children’s Center with donated gifts. Everyone in the class pitched in. Many kids brought toys, toothbrushes, toothpaste and more. Many people at Panama thought it was a great idea. “It’s really nice to give to kids who don’t have what we have,” said fellow classmate Juan Martinez. We asked our teacher, Mrs. Haycock, why she wanted to help the Jamison Center by asking us to donate. “It is important for all kids to know someone cares about them — and they are special, even if they don’t know who we are,” she told us. Mrs. Haycock also thinks it is good for Panama Elementary students to know how fortunate they are to be able to help others. In the future, Panama Elementary’s lost-and-found items that are unclaimed will be donated to the Jamison Center. Students love this idea because some of them are the same age as the Jamison Center kids, who like the same things. It is a great idea to donate things to the Jamison Center as students get older too. Makenzie Lampkin’s mom, Sabrina, sewed some wonderful bags, and their family donated many other things, like travel-sized deodorants. “It’s great we’re donating to the kids in the Bakersfield community,” said classmate Alexa Cuevas. Erick Rubalcava, another student at
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Panama Elementary said “I think it was a good idea to support the Jamison Center because we’re helping kids in need.” Arelie Ortiz added: “I think it’s a great idea they made a Jamison Center to help kids with no home.” We all agree that it’s better to give, not to receive. Panama students plan to donate again in March and May to show support throughout the entire year — and not just during the holidays. Just down the road from Panama Elementary, Stonecreek Junior High students collected winter clothing for teacher Eric Olinger’s church to give to the Bakersfield Rescue Mission. Olinger took part in The Bridge Bible Church’s effort to collect jackets last year, and decided to get the whole school involved this year. “We have a great group of kids who have so much to be thankful for here at Stonecreek. They really rose to the challenge — there will be nearly 600 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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