“As a youngster I can just remember waking up on Christmas Day and not having toys under my tree, and I remember the effect that that had growing up so the work that they are doing is literally changing kids’ lives,” Locust Grove High School Assistant Principal Michael Hope said during the program.
Locust Grove High School student Salma Huerta Gonzales explains the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which guarantees the right to an education for homeless children and youth.
Locust Grove High School student Kacey Farquharson speaks during the ceremony.
STAFF PHOTOS: ANTHONY RHOADS
Some of the more than 700 toys collected.
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“As a youngster I can just remember waking up on Christmas Day and not having toys under my tree, and I remember the effect that that had growing up so the work that they are doing is literally changing kids’ lives,” Locust Grove High School Assistant Principal Michael Hope said during the program.
STAFF PHOTOS: ANTHONY RHOADS
Locust Grove High School student Salma Huerta Gonzales explains the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which guarantees the right to an education for homeless children and youth.
Locust Grove High School student Raven Wilson speaks during the ceremony.
“It’s amazing how this has continued to grow year after year,” Locust Grove High School Principal Tony Townsend said during the presentation.
LOCUST GROVE — In 2019, when the Locust Grove High school student organization Hands for Humanity held its first toy drive, it collected more than 100 toys.
Since then, the drive has grown every year with more than 500 collected last year and 702 collected this year for homeless students.
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