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What can I contribute to the Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive for Family Promise? Requests are grade-specific! 

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What can I contribute to the Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive for Family Promise? Requests are grade-specific! 

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THANK YOU CHICKERING!

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SAVE THE DATE: Nov 6-9

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2023 Cereal Box Challenge was a HUGE Success! 

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2023 Cereal Box Challenge was a HUGE Success! 

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Thank you CHICKERING for collecting over 600 cereal boxes for A Place To Turn Emergency Food Pantry!

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A Place To Turn provides emergency food, diapers, and personal care to our neighbors in the MetroWest community! Did you know that Chickering School donates extra lunch items from the cafeteria to A Place to Turn every week?!? To learn more, visit: https://www.aplacetoturn-natick.org

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2022: 27 Fully Stocked Beautifully Decorated Thanksgiving Baskets delivered to Family Promise! THANK YOU Chickering! 

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2022: 27 Fully Stocked Beautifully Decorated Thanksgiving Baskets delivered to Family Promise! THANK YOU Chickering! 

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THANK YOU Chickering families for food donations! THANK YOU Room Parents for coordinating classroom donations! THANK YOU teachers and students for decorating baskets! THANK YOU Dover PTO and Chickering CARES volunteers for all your help to make this project a success!

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Together, we Make a Difference!  Chickering will be donating Thanksgiving Baskets with all the fixings to families in the Family Promise programs. Family Promise provides homelessness prevention programs, a temporary shelter, a Day Center and transition from shelter services. To learn more visit: https://www.familypromisemetrowest.org

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Thank you to everyone who made the 1st annual Great Cereal Box Challenge a HUGE success! All school participation resulted in 583 cereal boxes donated! From the President of A Place To Turn Emergency Food Pantry: 744 pounds of cereal delivered! Prior to the delivery, we had just enough cereal to make it through distribution tonight, so this was such a wonderful and impactful drive!

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LEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR CLASSROOM'S ADOPTED ZOO ANIMAL! 

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LEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR CLASSROOM'S ADOPTED ZOO ANIMAL! 

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How do I learn more about my classroom adopted animal?

You can learn more about your adopted animal on the Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo webpages:

https://www.zoonewengland.org/franklin-park-zoo/our-animals.aspx

https://www.zoonewengland.org/stone-zoo/our-animals.aspx

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ZOO-DOPT PACKAGES HAVE ARRIVED! WHICH ANIMAL DID YOUR CLASSROOM ADOPT? 

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ZOO-DOPT PACKAGES HAVE ARRIVED! WHICH ANIMAL DID YOUR CLASSROOM ADOPT? 

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WELL DONE CHICKERING STUDENTS! WE MET OUR ZOO NEW ENGLAND FUNDRAISING GOAL!!

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WELL DONE CHICKERING STUDENTS! WE MET OUR ZOO NEW ENGLAND FUNDRAISING GOAL!!

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Zoo New England is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that operates Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo. Chickering students will be supporting Zoo New England through ZOO-DOPT! This engaging and educational program allows classrooms to share the experience of the zoo by adopting an animal and supporting its medical care and special diet. Thank you for your support!

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JOIN THE DOVER WALK TEAM ON MAY 14TH AT 10AM! 

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Join fellow Dover kids and families for the 13th Annual Walkathon for Family Promise on May 14th at 10 AM, organized by the Dover Church! Reach out to community@doverpto.org for more info!

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Chickering students made Bookmarks for Kindness opportunity. Students across the grades (PreK-5) have been spending time coloring bookmarks for the town library and our friends at the the Dover Council On Aging!

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Handmade Valentine Cards made by K-5 Chickering students

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Valentine's Day Cards for Dover Council On Aging

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Valentine's Day Cards for Dover Council On Aging

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Chickering CARES - 2022 Valentines Day Cards

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THANK YOU for your food donations to A Place to Turn Emergency Food Pantry! 

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THANK YOU for your food donations to A Place to Turn Emergency Food Pantry! 

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WINTER FOOD DRIVE: Chickering School donated over 620 POUNDS of food items to help stock the shelves at local emergency food pantry, A Place To Turn. Together we are helping families in need, raising awareness about hunger and seeing the power of collective effort! THANK YOU CHICKERING COMMUNITY!

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THANK YOU for taking action and Making A Difference for A Place To Turn Emergency Food Pantry. Reading about hunger and discussing what that person might feel helps us learn about food insecurity. With knowledge comes power! Here are some book suggestions:

Poverty and Hunger by Louise Spilsbury is an informational book about the many questions children have about poverty and hunger from Who is poor and hungry? to Why are people poor and hungry?

Lulu and the Hunger Monster is about Lulu and her family's struggle to fight an invisible hunger monster after an unexpected financial hardship.

Maddi’s Fridge by Lois Brandt is about two friends one of which has very little in her fridge. But, friends always help  friends and Sofia is determined to help fill Maddi’s fridge.

Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan is a great pick for introducing children to how a soup kitchen works and who it serves.

Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen.  When money is tight choices have to be made to purchase less expensive foods and foods that will stretch.

In The Lunch Thief by Anne C. Bromley, a boy is taking lunches from students at school. One student decides to look deeper at the reason behind the thefts and learns the thief is a victim of a wildfire. He puts a plan in action to help.

Saturday at the Food Pantry by Diane O’Neil is the story of a  girl and her mother who get food from a food pantry and the feelings around that from feeling embarrassed to feeling grateful.

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DONE WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS TREES? Don't toss them. Donate them to rescued goats at Unity Farm in Sherborn! 

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DONE WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS TREES? Don't toss them. Donate them to rescued goats at Unity Farm in Sherborn! 

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Unity Farm Sanctuary is a farm animal sanctuary that provides a safe and loving lifelong home for farm animals, offer the public unique educational programs, and promotes a culture of kindness and connection. To learn more, visit: https://www.unityfarmsanctuary.org/

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THANK YOU for your donations to the Chickering New Book Fund at the Park Street Bookstore!

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THANK YOU for your donations to the Chickering New Book Fund at the Park Street Bookstore!

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To further assist our teachers in enrichment of their classroom libraries, the Dover PTO has created a book fund at Park Street Books. This will allow teachers to order contemporary books as needed for grade level. Deadline for monetary donations is December 31, 2021. Here is the link:

https://parkstreetbooks.com/collections/dover-chickering-book-drive. Thank you for your support!

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THANK YOU for your book donations 📚 Chickering is the most amazing, generous school community! 

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THANK YOU for your book donations 📚 Chickering is the most amazing, generous school community! 

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The Readers Workshop Program at Chickering

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The Readers Workshop Program at Chickering

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As part of the Reader’s Workshop Program, Chickering teachers are working to update their classroom libraries for our children! The goal of this fantastic program is to immerse students in a range of genres that emphasize student engagement and reading for an authentic purpose. A large variety of quality texts are needed within each classroom library, to support this program, and to engage a range of readers! Thank you for your support!

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Acts of kindness truly make a difference!

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Acts of kindness truly make a difference!

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Family Promise was overwhelmed with the generosity of Thanksgiving basket donations and holiday greeting cards from Chickering students. This is a note received from one of the mom's in the Family Promise program. Acts of kindness truly make a difference!

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HANDMADE HOLIDAY CARDS for Dover Town offices

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HANDMADE HOLIDAY CARDS for Dover Town offices

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Handmade Holiday Cards ~ because the holidays are about GIVING!

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Handmade Holiday Cards ~ because the holidays are about GIVING!

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Chickering K & 5th grade students made beautiful uplifting, handmade holiday cards for our friends at the Dover Town Offices! They also made cards for families with children who are facing homelessness at Family Promise Metrowest. Way to go, Mrs Atkinson for leading this project, and to all members of the Chickering community who spread hope, joy and magic to the lives of others!

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Carepacks Update ~ 199 care packages en route to service members deployed around the world 🇺🇸 THANK YOU Chickering community for your support!

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Carepacks Update ~ 199 care packages en route to service members deployed around the world 🇺🇸 THANK YOU Chickering community for your support!

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Chickering CARES ~ Thanksgiving Baskets 

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Chickering CARES ~ Thanksgiving Baskets 

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Chickering CARES ~ Thanksgiving Baskets 

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Chickering CARES ~ Thanksgiving Baskets 

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Chickering CARES delivered Thanksgiving baskets for 21 families to Family Promise Metrowest in Natick. A huge THANK YOU to room parents for coordinating this effort, the PTO, teachers, and staff for their support, and Chickering students who Make a Difference!

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The Soldier Sock Drive and Letter Campaign was a HUGE success! Chickering students collected over 200 pairs of boot socks and wrote 500 letters of support for Carepacks to send to US deployed service members. THANK YOU for helping make a lot of people who are far from home feel loved over the holidays!

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DONE WITH YOUR PUMPKINS? Don't toss them. Donate them to rescued pigs and cows!

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DONE WITH YOUR PUMPKINS? Don't toss them. Donate them to rescued pigs and cows!

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Chickering CARES aims to create awareness around the needs in our community by presenting students with opportunities to contribute and make a difference! Community service initiatives teach about direct and indirect service, advocacy, and research, all of which foster kindness, generosity, and understanding of those around us! Students develop philanthropic leadership skills as well as an understanding as to how they can become a catalyst for change through both hands-on volunteerism and charitable giving. TOGETHER, we CAN make a difference!

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Chickering CARES is teaming up with CarePacks, a non-profit  in Weymouth, to send care packages to US deployed troops. Carepacks provide soldiers with supplies to help improve morale, mental health, quality of life, and remind them that they are remembered by people back home. Community involvement is an important part of the support process and understanding the needs of US military personnel. Together, we CAN make a difference! To learn more visit: www.carepacks.org

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Chickering CARES collected BOOT SOCKS & LETTERS OF SUPPORT the week of October 25. LEARN MORE about Chickering CARES at www.doverpto.org/chickering-cares. Thank you for your SUPPORT!

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Letters of Thanks to Soldiers From Hugo's Class

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Letters of Thanks to Soldiers From Hugo's Class

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Dear PTO, thank you for getting in touch with Carepacks.org and collecting letters!

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Do you know a deployed US Service Member? 

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Do you know a deployed US Service Member? 

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Carepacks.org sends care packages to service members from all branches of the service. They do not have to reside in Massachusetts. Do you know a deployed service member who would like to receive a care package? Please send their address and approximate month of return to: community@doverpto.org

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September is National Preparedness Month! 

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September is National Preparedness Month! 

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CARES NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH POSTER (1)

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Cradles to Crayons helps children living in low income, homeless or emergency situations by providing the essential items needed to thrive at home, at school and at play! To learn more visit: https://www.cradlestocrayons.org/boston

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Birthday Wishes provides birthday parties to homeless children in shelters and emergency or transitional housing programs. Each birthday box contains everything necessary for a great birthday celebration.To learn more visit: https://birthdaywishes.org