Students at Catholic Memorial High School embraced the spirit of giving during their 11th annual Crusader Day of Service, an event that saw the school's community contribute over 1,500 hours of service to more than 15 nonprofit and charitable organizations. According to a FOX6 News report, the preparations for the service day turned into a frenzy as students eagerly signed up to participate in various projects that catered to their interests. "Every student gets involved in a service project around the school. They pick something that they're interested in. It's free rein. Anyone gets to decide what they wanna do," student Kasey Ghali told FOX6 News.
The day, held yesterday, featured an array of activities, including making fleece blankets for the Hope Center and knitting hats for newborns in the NICU. As per a statement obtained by CBS58, even the school's sports teams, such as the football squad, partook in charitable endeavors like food drives. The director of campus ministry, Mike Bichanich, who is also one of the football coaches, highlighted service as a graduation requirement, emphasizing that the school's motto, "charity in all things," manifested through these service projects.
In addition to these projects, students and staff also packed bags and made tie blankets for residents at Hope Center, creating a hands-on experience that reinforced the community's commitment to charity. As reported by GMToday, the outreach extended to cooking and serving a Thanksgiving dinner for the Waukesha community and assembling care packages for veterans and NAMI patients.
Reflecting on the emotional significance of their labors, CMH marketing and communications associate Krissy Hartung commented on the baby hats project, remembering her personal connection to it. "I had these hats when my youngest was born," she said, "It’s nice someone is thinking of you," as mentioned by GMToday. A simple act of knitting by the augmented knitting club was transmuted into a gesture of warmth and concern, traversing the distance from the classrooms of Catholic Memorial High School to the cribs of those newborns grappling with the onset of life in a NICU.
