Here’s a great story about young people who’ve discovered that it doesn’t take a government program to help people in need. What it takes is an understanding that each of us has a moral obligation to step up and help, and the moral instruction that embraces the power of the individual to change lives.
The girls of the Franciscan School’s junior varsity basketball team wanted to do more than eat holiday treats and exchange gifts this year at their annual Christmas party.
So after some brainstorming, they decided to hold a food drive. They set their goal at enough to feed 50 families through Catholic Parish Outreach, a local food pantry of Catholic Charities.
“It was really satisfying as a coach to see them embrace the philosophies of sportsmanship and caring for others that we teach to them,” said coach Robert Eastmann.
Congratulations, Coach. You are changing lives by guiding these young women. Unfortunately, this kind of instruction is largely missing in today’s me-me-me society, which has largely ceded responsibility for society’s ills to government.
