Members of the Dayspring Christian Academy chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) recently held a supply drive at the school to benefit those who are homeless by providing care packages. Students partnered with Water Street Mission and City Gate Lancaster in addition to personally handing out the care packages in Lancaster.
NHS members chose this project because they had observed homeless people asking for help in the local area, and some NHS members know people who work at Water Street Mission, said NHS president Emma Hasting, a senior.
During the supply drive, members of the Dayspring community donated hundreds of common household goods and personal care items, such as soap, toothpaste, socks, and hand sanitizer, as well as packaged food items. NHS members were able to share over 40 care packages with people in need in addition to donating boxes of supplies to the organizations for their distribution.
Water Street Mission, located in the city of Lancaster, provides people experiencing poverty and homelessness with not only a place to stay, but also with tools that equip them to keep growing as individuals. City Gate, also located in Lancaster, trains others in how to serve and provides people in need with key necessities for life.
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