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Photos: On a mission of hope
Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in fourth and fifth grade, from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools, participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. The students walked to Mission of Hope from the Mount Mercy campus. In all, students put together 132 packages - containing tooth paste, socks and snack food, among other items - for people at Mission of Hope.
Students pick up packages they packed as a group on the Mount Mercy University campus in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May. 2, 2018. Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in 4th and 5th grade from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. Students packed 132 care packages and delivered them to people at Mission of Hope. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Students pick up packages they packed as a group on the Mount Mercy University campus in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May. 2, 2018. Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in 4th and 5th grade from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. Students packed 132 care packages and delivered them to people at Mission of Hope. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Jamarco Clark (right), Director of Volunteerism and Service-Learning at Mount Mercy University, divides up the packages the students packed before leaving the Busse Center on the Mount Mercy University campus in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May. 2, 2018. Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in 4th and 5th grade from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. Students packed 132 care packages and delivered them to people at Mission of Hope. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Jamarco Clark (right), Director of Volunteerism and Service-Learning at Mount Mercy University, leads the group as they walk to Mission of Hope from the Mount Mercy University campus in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May. 2, 2018. Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in 4th and 5th grade from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. Students packed 132 packages and delivered them to people at Mission of Hope. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Jamarco Clark (right), Director of Volunteerism and Service-Learning at Mount Mercy University, leads the group as they walk to Mission of Hope from the Mount Mercy University campus in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May. 2, 2018. Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in 4th and 5th grade from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. Students packed 132 packages and delivered them to people at Mission of Hope. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Students walk down the sidewalk on 17th Street NE as they carry care packages from Mount Mercy University to Mission of Hope in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May. 2, 2018. Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in 4th and 5th grade from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. Students packed 132 packages and delivered them to people at Mission of Hope. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Students pass the Mount Mercy University Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex as they carry care packages from Mount Mercy University to Mission of Hope in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May. 2, 2018. Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in 4th and 5th grade from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. Students packed 132 packages and delivered them to people at Mission of Hope. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
People clap as Jamarco Clark, Director of Volunteerism and Service-Learning at Mount Mercy University, introduces the group of students to them at Mission of Hope in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May. 2, 2018. Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in 4th and 5th grade from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. Students packed 132 packages and delivered them to people at Mission of Hope. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Prosper Habinamwisho, 4th grader from Van Buren Elementary School, hands out a care package to a person at Mission of Hope in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, May. 2, 2018. Thirty-four Program for Academic and Creative Talent (PACT) students in 4th and 5th grade from Coolidge, Grant, and Van Buren Elementary Schools participated in the event organized by Mount Mercy University. Students packed 132 packages and delivered them to people at Mission of Hope. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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