Fourth-graders at Skyline Elementary are giving the gift of warmth to six fellow students this Christmas.
Teacher Tina Vansell’s class spent Thursday working on a half dozen tie blankets for anonymous Skyline students who either live without utilities or are classified as homeless. Vansell was inspired by a TV report about two Kansas City boys who bought material and made blankets that they donated to charities.
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