BAY VIEW ACADEMY DONATES 36 COMPLETE THANKSGIVING MEALS

East Providence, RI – During this season of thanks and giving, Bay View Academy students, faculty, staff and parents united to collect food, clothing and donations for those in need.

An Academy-wide collection yielded 36 baskets of Thanksgiving meals for area families, each of which included either a gift card for a turkey or a frozen turkey, in addition to all of the traditional fixings. The Middle and Upper Schools’ collection was organized by the Bay View Chapter of the National Honor Society and it yielded 28 baskets. The administrative staff collected two complete additional baskets, and the Lower School’s collection yielded seven more, to total 36. The baskets were distributed to a variety of local organizations and families, including Re-Focus, a Rhode Island non-profit that caters to adults with differing physical and developmental needs, St. Vincent’s Home for Children in Fall River, MA, the Sisters of Mercy for use in their ministries and to families in need within the Bay View community. 

As happens each year, the Academy also participated in a coat drive for the East Providence/Seekonk Rotary Club. An ample collection of coats, scarves, hats, blankets and more were donated by members of the faculty, staff and students.

Next week, nine cases of baby formula and stage one and two baby foods, which were collected by the senior members of the Bay View Chapter of the National Honor Society, will be delivered to McAuley House, a meal and hospitality site sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. This biannual initiative benefits the women who visit McAuley House and have difficulty purchasing food and formula for their babies. Another baby food drive will be held in the spring by the newly inducted juniors to the National Honor Society.