英语作文给贫困山区学生送温暖新闻报道
A Big Helping Hand for Kids in the Mountains
Hi everyone! My name is Emily and I'm a 4th grader at Ridgeview Elementary School. I have some really exciting news to share about an amazing thing that happened recently in our community.
A few weeks ago, my teacher Mrs. Wilson told our class that we would be doing a special project to help kids our age who live way up in the mountains. She explained that there are lots of families up there who don't have much money or warm clothes and blankets for the freezing winters. My best friend Lily raised her hand and asked \"Why don't those kids just come live somewhere warmer?\" Mrs. Wilson said it's because their families have lived in those mountains for generations and can't easily leave their homes and land behind.
We all felt really bad hearing that. I can't imagine having to shiver under a thin blanket all winter long in the bitter cold! Lily and I have huge puffy coats, wool hats, insulated boots, and even electric blankets at home. The idea of kids our age being that cold and uncomfortable made me sad. But Mrs. Wilson had a great plan for how our class could help!
She got in touch with a charity organization called Mountain Outfitters. They take donations of winter clothing, blankets, hand-warmers, and other warm items, then distribute them to families living in poverty in the nearby mountain ranges. Our assignment was to kick off a warm clothing drive to collect as many donations as possible from our families, neighbors, and anyone else willing to chip in.
Boy, did our community ever deliver! We made flyers to hang up around town announcing the clothing drive. We posted all over social media asking people to clean out their closets. My parents dropped off tons of our old sweaters, snowsuits, mittens, and more from when we were younger. One of my neighbors down the street works at a sporting goods store and got them to contribute brand new winter coats, snow pants, thermal socks and more!
After just a couple of weeks, we had collected two entire classrooms full of warm winter gear! There were boxes and trash bags stuffed to the brim everywhere you looked. We even got sleeping bags, space heaters, and hot chocolate packets donated. I've never seen so many coats in my life!
Mrs. Wilson was blown away by how much we were able to gather as a community. She had arranged for Mountain
Outfitters to come pick everything up on a Saturday morning to distribute to families in need up in the mountains. When their big truck arrived, it took over an hour just to load everything! The best part was getting to meet some of the kids who would be receiving our donations. Mountain Outfitters had brought a few families down from the mountains to pick out the clothing and supplies beforehand. There were little kids probably no older than kindergarten or 1st grade bundled up in tattered, worn-out coats that had definitely seen better days. Just looking at the holes in their shoes made my toes feel frozen!
We got to help them sort through everything and pick out brand new warm coats, waterproof snow pants, fleece-lined boots, you name it. Their eyes lit up bigger than any Christmas present I've ever received! They kept saying \"This is so warm!\" and \"I'm never taking this off!\" while trying things on. A bunch of them had never even owned new clothes before. Seeing their smiles and excitement just filled my heart.
At the end, the families helped load up the truck and waved goodbye, calling out \"Thank you!\" over and over. I felt so proud and happy thinking about them going home to nice, toasty houses and not having to freeze their buns off anymore! We
made sure to collect enough supplies for Mountain Outfitters to make several more trips to help even more families too. Later, Mrs. Wilson told us that our principal was going to give our class a special award for running such a hugely successful warm clothing drive. We got to go to a school assembly and received a giant trophy and medals! Even the mayor came and told us how proud she was of how our tiny classroom made such a big impact helping so many in need. I've never felt more accomplished in my life!
I'll never forget being a part of this experience. It made me realize how lucky I am to have a warm home, loving family, and mountain of winter clothes. But it also showed me that kids my age really can make a difference when we all come together, even in just a small way. Those smiles on the kids' faces as they picked out their new cozy clothes is something I'll cherish forever.
So that's the story of how our little elementary school helped deliver warmth and joy to families living in poverty up in the mountains. If a bunch of 4th graders can do that, imagine what the world could do if we all lent a helping hand! I hope my class's project inspires others to find ways to pay it forward too. Thanks for reading, and keep spreading kindness wherever you can!