Positive News About Our Younger Generation: Paramus Rotary React Club Members

Too often, all we see or hear is lurid news about the younger generation. Positive actions usually get sidelined or shelved. Here is a story submitted by a believer, a teacher from West Brook Middle School, Karen Peterson. Thank you Karen and the other adults who worked with your middle school students to achieve something worthwhile.

On December 7th the Paramus West Brook Middle School Rotary React club members gave up a Sunday afternoon to spread some holiday cheer at the Wanaque Nursing Pediatric Facility. The children at the center are profoundly challenged, and many of them do not receive visitors.

The students brought along a couple of friends to help entertain the children; Rudolph, elves, and you guessed it, Santa Claus played by Mr. Diamond, our Rotary liaison. React members collected hundreds of pairs of socks to give to the children and students made pillow cases last spring in the sewing class for every boy and girl!!! Reactors helped each child put their name on a Santa hat and read stories to the youngsters.

It was an awesome experience to watch the smiles on many of the children’s faces as our students interacted with them.