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The holidays at Shepard: Adopt-A-Family

After final exams, students and teachers at Shepard High School did not race to the parking lot to levae for winter break.  Instead, they went to work.

With the school’s Multipurpose Room brimming with food, clothing, and gifts, volunteers made final preparations for Adopt-A-Family.    

The project supports more than 40 local needy families.  The enormous effort required weeks of work from teachers, administrators, students, and parents.

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This year, Jewel Food Store in Palos Heights donated 20 turkeys to help complete the boxes of food. In addition to wrapped gifts for children, families received holiday meals with either a ham or turkey.

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