Heritage Elementary students prepare food bags for community.

Arrron, of Hope for the World Ministries instructs Heritage 6th graders in sorting food.

WILLIAMS – Students from the Heritage Elementary at 790 Rodeo Road in Williams prepared food bags, today, at Hope for the World Ministries in the downtown mall. This is the second year the students have worked with Hope for the World in the Christmas Season.

Students sort food and hand it to those who are bagging.

Third and Fifth-graders packed 14-bags Thursday morning and Sixth-graders packed ten more in the afternoon. Seventh-graders will pick up the work Friday morning. Some students are packing up other bags at the school for other purposes.

Students bagged about 24-bags, at this point, to distribute in the community.

The students collected over 500 food items at the school . The bags are to be distributed at the Kiwanis community dinner on Sunday.

Children at the Heritage Elementary school collected over 500 pieces of food to distribute this season.

Hope for the World provides food and clothing for the homeless and needy in Williams. This project is with St. Vincent DePaul, but they work with other agencies to help the homeless and Veterans.

Heritage Elementary invites residents to come and read to students

WILLIAMS — Heritage Elementary School, here in Williams, is celebrating A love of reading week February 8 to 11. They are inviting people from the community to come and read to the students.

Choose from the following: Monday 2/8, Tuesday 2/9, and Thursday 2/11 from 9 am-11 am and 12:30 am-2 pm

If you are interested, please call the school and set up a time to read. Please choose a day, time, age group (K-8th grade) and name of a book you will bring to read (or the school will supply one)

Time slots run 15-20 minutes per class.

Residents wishing to participate may call 635-3998. The school is located at 790 E Rodeo Rd.