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St. Luke’s Sophomores “Elves”
From Center for Leadership Director Kate Parker-Burgard:
Did you ever wonder what the sophomores do all day when they go to Inspirica for a Saturday in December? The best way to describe it is that they become elves, busily working behind the scenes to organize the gifts that are wrapped at Inspirica’s Big Wrap event.
While hundreds of volunteers come to Inspirica on that day to wrap thousands of presents for children being served by dozens of agencies throughout lower Fairfield County, our St. Luke’s sophomores create a human chain to transport those gifts down a flight of stairs and into an abandoned pool where they then sort the gifts into piles ready for pick up by the different nonprofits who come to collect them before Christmas.
Here’s a video showing the journey of these thousands of holiday gifts.
St. Luke’s School is a secular (non-religious), private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving over 40 towns in Connecticut and New York. Our exceptional academics and diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual and ethical development and prepare them for top colleges. St. Luke’s Leading with Humanity curriculum builds the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead.
