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Chasco Middle School Students Create Blankets For Homeless

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Brittany Evers, 14, and Michele Stratton, 14, sew heart patterns onto a blanket made in a class at Chasco Middle School. The blankets were made by these and other 8th grade students in Family and Consumer Science classes at the school to be presented to the Pasco Homeless Coalition for distribution to the homeless in Pasco County.

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 22, 2008

PORT RICHEY - Driving to work each day, Chasco Middle School teacher Sue Evanoski often sees homeless people walking along State Road 52.

"They're constantly there, and they need help," the family and consumer sciences teacher said. "I wonder, 'Where do they go? What do they have?'"

Those morning drives led Evanoski to approach her eighth-grade class with the idea of making blankets for the homeless.

"I told them that some of them don't have as much as others, and it's our responsibility to do what we can for those who don't have as much," she said. "They thought it was an awesome concept."

The class made and decorated 35 fleece blankets to donate to the Coalition for the Homeless of Pasco County. The coalition's president, Trish Kley, visited the school recently to collect the blankets.

The youngsters individualized their blankets, adding hearts, American flags and patterns that ranged from pastels to plaid to leopard prints.

Megan Hussey

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