The Gloucester High School Intro to Health Careers and Nurse Aide students recently put together supplies for “Backpacks for Appalachia.” Students filled backpacks for elementary and middle school students in need in the Appalachian region of Virginia with several requested items, including school supplies, shelf stable snacks, drinks, reusable water bottles, candy, hats, mittens, toys and toiletries. They included a personalized note inside each backpack, and filled 43 backpacks, which were provided by Providence Baptist Church. In top photo are nurse aide students, front row from left, Zora Sawyer, Addison Griffith, Kaitlyn Ball, Katie Dale; back row, Kaitlyn Hearon, Mahlia Richardson, Carleigh Thirson and Mackenzie Bartlett. Below are additional student helpers, front row from left, Charlotte Houtz, Skylar Cox, Autumn Gildea, Brooklyn Kellerman; back row, Olivia Scheck, Kayleigh Snead, Annabelle Slaughter, Jasper Chriscoe, Jenna Seaton. Other health sciences students who contributed...
To view the rest of this article, you must log in. If you do not have an account with us, please subscribe here.

