A highly successful partnership of students and others to give back to our extended community brought unanimous smiles and grateful expressions of appreciation from some of those most in need of a holiday smile. Members of the Hays High School Career Development elective class, members of the HHS Hispanic Association, and students from Austin Community College teamed to raise funds to provide hundreds of colorful (and warm!) blankets for residents at area assisted living facilities. Career and Development teacher Katherine Deleon noted her students had done a volunteer internship at Legend Oaks, where some of the Hays students and other coordinating adults – including a fully decked-out Santa – showed up to start the blanket distribution. (Photo by Jim Cullen)
Hays, ACC students raise funds for blankets