Monday, 10 June 2013

Railroad Variation



The fourth grade class at Joe Nightingale Elementary School in Santa Maria, California had heard the news about the bombing at the Boston Marathon in April. They knew about the youngest victims; Jane Richard age seven who lost a leg, and her eight-year-old brother Martin William Richard who lost his life. They didn’t understand much about what happened on the other side of the continent, but they knew they wanted to do something to help. Their response was a handmade quilt, large enough to cuddle in and as warm and soft as a hug. The quilt has 30 white stars on a teal field and 48 pink hearts arranged in horizontal stripes to look like a feminine version of Old Glory. Just days before the end of their school year, the class sent their donation to the Boston Children’s Hospital. The hospital will forward the quilt to the Richard home, where Jane is recovering with her family.

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