Lower Salford > Souderton Gives Back - Social Service at Lower Salford

Lower Salford has a large commitment to teaching their students about social service and social justice. Each classroom devotes half of their seasonal parties to social service projects. Each Halloween, Valentine's Day, Christmas and End of Year's party is half eat/play, half work on a social service project. Every class in the school does at least three social service projects a year.

Kids spend their party time knitting blankets to keep others warm, creating cards to cheer soldiers up in their difficult jobs, counting pennies for Heifer for Humanity, or sending treats to the sick or needy, among other things.

2007-2008 Social Service Projects

Winter Scarves
The fifth grade classes of Mrs. Susan Goeltz of Vernfield and Mrs. Sue Mandia of Lower Salford both spent part of their Winter Social time tying scarves to donate to a cause in Mexico.

Helping a Family in New Orleans
Lower Salford secretary, Judy Alderfer, traveled to New Orleans to help a family whose home was lost during Katrina. The family evacuated and drove to Texas to live with distant relatives for 20 months. When they returned, the family found their house infested with mold and termites, and condemned. They lost everything. Working with Mennonite Disaster Service Team, Judy Alderfer helped with interior and wall painting in the family's new home. While they wait for more help, the family lives in a tiny FEMA trailer behind the new home.