Traditionally, 5th graders at Catharine Blaine K-8 School in Seattle make an art project to be auctioned off. Combining the school’s annual auction with a community service project meaningful to students made the school’s PTA the 2008 winner for Outstanding Community Service Project. PTA leaders taught the students how to knit hats, and they made—and donated—some 400 of them to Seattle Children’s Hospital. “This project made [the 5th graders] feel good about themselves,” says parent Annette Godon. “These kids sacrificed their lunchtime and many recesses to make hats for sick kids.”
