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St. Maria Goretti students learning kindness this school year

On National Kindness Day, Nov. 13, students at St. Maria Goretti School in Schiller Park teamed up to help those less fortunate by making “kindness bags” filled with essentials like toothpaste, socks, deodorant and soap. Then they took those bags home to hand out to those they meet who are in need.
Preschoolers Benjamin Besahy, Aubree Horan and Joseph Bacha join sixth graders Aleksandra Manojlovic, Angela Innocente and Szymon Kretowicz at St. Maria Goretti School in Schiller Park to assemble "Kindness Bags." The bags were to be distributed to homelss or underserved people in their community in honor of Kindness Day on Nov. 13, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Students at St. Maria Goretti School in Schiller Park assemble "kindness bags" to be distributed to homelss or underserved people in their community in honor of Kindness Day on Nov. 13, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
St. Maria Goretti School eighth grader Daniel Strama, second grader David Ramirez, eighth grader Jack Petter and eighth grader David Velez Jr. assemble "kindness bags" at the Schiller Park school on Nov. 13, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Students at St. Maria Goretti School in Schiller Park wrote notes to include in "kindness bags" to be distributed to homelss or underserved people in their community in honor of Kindness Day on Nov. 13, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
St. Maria Goretti fourth grader Piotr Prokop and first grader Penelope Gallarzo assemble "kindness bags" to be distributed to homelss or underserved people in honor of Kindness Day on Nov. 13, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
St. Maria Goretti School fourth grader Maddeline Beshay and seventh grader Agata Kudlacz write notes to go into "kindness bags" on Nov. 13, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Kindergartner Alexander Beshay, a student at St. Maria Goretti School in Schiller Park, writes a note to include in a "kindness bags" on Nov. 13, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Fourth grader Logan Budimir and third grader Rachel Donchev, students at St. Maria Goretti School in Schiller Park, assemble "kindness bags" to be distributed to homelss or underserved people in honor of Kindness Day on Nov. 13, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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