Marshfield Boys and Girls Club Kids Spread Holiday Cheer With Homemade Cards for Seniors

The handmade cards, crafted from colored paper,involved and designing their own holiday cards for our
magic markers, foamies, glitter and stickers took acommunity's seniors," noted Greg Jackson, Marshfield
couple of weeks for the 75 children to make. ManyBoys and Girls Club Executive Director.
of the children were so excited, they made twoAbout the Boys and Girls Club
cards. Quite a few children inserted a handwrittenThe Marshfield Boys and Girls Club's purpose is to
letter which told the recipient about their favoriteestablish a safe haven for recreation, which includes a
part of Christmas.variety of supervised activities for greater than
The cards were distributed by the Marshfield Council4,000 youths within the town.
on Aging to the Senior Center and the Grace RyderWith the mission "To inspire all young people to
Elderly Home last week.realize their full potential as productive and responsible
"This is definitely a program we would like tocitizens, as well as become tomorrow's capable
continue each year. The kids, who ranged in ageleaders", the club is geared towards children between
from 6 to 14 years old, really enjoyed gettingthe ages of 6 to 18 years old.