Gladstone School News Blast
Gladstone Schools • Growing Great People • 11.16.22
Toy donations needed by December 8
Help make the holidays brighter for Gladstone families by donating new, unwrapped toys, games, or sports equipment for kids from birth to age 12.
Please drop off toys by December 8 at these locations:
• Gladstone Public Library: 135 E. Dartmouth
Sat/Sun/Mon/Fri 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tues/Thurs noon to 8 p.m.; Wed 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
[Also taking "Food for Fines" donations starting December 1.]
• Christian Books and Vegetarian Foods – 19700 Oatfield Road
Sundays 11-4, Mondays to Thursdays 10 to 5:30, or Fridays from 10 to 2. [Closed Saturdays]
• Gladstone Fire Station #22: 555 Portland Avenue
8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Gifts and food boxes will be distributed by Gladstone’s Adopt-a-Family project. The effort is a partnership between Gladstone High School, Rotary of Gladstone/Oak Lodge, the Gladstone Police Department, Fire District 1, Gladstone Kiwanis, Gladstone Public Library, The Clackamas Bookshelf, and the Oregon Conference of Seventh Day Adventists.
Gladstone kids connect with seniors
A new program at the Gladstone Senior Center is building connections between elders and students from John Wetten Elementary School. Every other Tuesday, a different group of students visits the senior center to share lunch, projects, and games with retirees.
Transportation and supplies for the project are funded thanks to an endowment from John and Merilee Wetten, with the goal of building inter-generational connections in the Gladstone Community. Wetten, age 92, retired as the school's principal over 30 years ago.
Fifth graders from Ms. Gillies' class were the first to visit, They spent time sharing recipes between the generations and worked together to create a cookbook. They also got to play a few rounds of Bingo.
The second visit brought fifth graders from Ms. Meroney's class, who planned a trivia game for the seniors. Over the course of the school year, each class will have the opportunity to visit. The school also created a pen pal program, with fifth grade students writing letters to home bound seniors.
School Volunteer Coordinator Theresa Schmidt and Gladstone Community Services Manager Tiffany Kirkpatrick are coordinating the effort.