Winman students continue to Make a Difference

By ETHAN HARTLEY
Posted 12/13/18

By ETHAN HARTLEY The holidays are a time for giving, and the students that participate in the Winman Middle School's Make a Difference Club understand this very well. For the third straight year, the club has initiated a successful clothing drive to

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Winman students continue to Make a Difference

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The holidays are a time for giving, and the students that participate in the Winman Middle School’s Make a Difference Club understand this very well. For the third straight year, the club has initiated a successful clothing drive to benefit those in need during the time of year when clothing is most crucially needed.

The club, consisting of about a half dozen students from all three grade levels, made an impact bigger than their numbers, as at least a dozen bags of clothing were collected between Nov. 26 and Tuesday and will be donated next week to Foster Forward, to help kids aging in range from newborn to six years old currently in foster care or kids transitioning in between foster homes.

“Sometimes the kids will have only a small garbage bag of clothing,” said Winman social worker and Make a Difference Club advisor Linda DeConti, who was also recently dubbed by RIDE to be the social worker of the year last year. “This drive will give them appropriate clothes to wear.”

This is the first year that sixth graders have attended Winman, as school consolidation has coincided with a move to a full middle school model in Warwick. The club’s mission is to help foster involvement and positivity within the Winman school community, which DeConti said has been important as the sixth graders have been added to the mix.

“This has been a great opportunity for them to get involved in the school culture and it is also a good tradition to keep going,” she said. “They have been generous, energetic and enthusiastic about the cause.”

Donations may still be made to Winman until Dec. 18. The initiative is one of multiple endeavors explored by the club to try and do positive work within the school and throughout the community. Other initiatives have included anti-bullying campaigns and a day where students in the club sit with kids they don’t normally sit with during lunch to spread feelings of friendliness.

DeConti mentioned she wished to thank Nora Lane for her work as a new co-advisor for the group.

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