CROSSING INTO COMMUNITY SERVICE A FEATURE ON PANTHERS MAKING AN IMPACT
How Two PVI Juniors Gave Back for the Holidays BY CARTER CASAGRANDE ’25 Getting a Christmas tree can be a big hassle during the holiday season, so PVI juniors Lena Pirato and Riley Deckelman volunteered their time to make this task a little bit easier for others. Lena and Riley spent their Sunday afternoon at St. helping
It’s easy to get caught up in the chaos of
families choose and load their Christmas
the holidays and forget the real meaning
trees.
of the season, but at the end of the day,
Timothy’s
Catholic
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there is no better time to give back and The process of picking a Christmas tree
volunteer your time to others. Lena said
entails multiple steps. First, families
she “enjoyed seeing families get in the
looked at all the trees and chose which
Christmas
one they wanted to take home. After the
appreciative they were for the help.”
selection, Lena and Riley would take the
Even offering just a few hours of your
tree off the stand and carry it over to saw
time can impact others and inspire them
it down. Once the tree was sawed and
to do the same. “Offering a helping hand
clipped, the girls helped load it into the
was a great way to spread the joy I have
family’s trunk or tied it on top of their
for Christmas,” Riley added. Consider
car. This task was so rewarding that Lena
ways that YOU can make a difference
and Riley went back to help out again just
this holiday season.
a few days later!
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