Letters of Kindness

Have you ever written a thank you letter to someone? Perhaps you got to see their faces when they received the letter. Or maybe you even have received a thank you letter. According to www.operationgratitude.com, the men and women who are serving in the Armed Forces love to get letters from really anyone! Whether a family member, or just a student they had no idea existed, they will cherish those letters forever. According to Mrs. Murray, the Service Learning class at SJHS, the letters go to men and women working away from their families. That’s why this year at Springville Junior High, the Service Learning class is collecting letters from different classes that want to participate.

According to Mrs. Murray, LeGrande Bair, a ninth grader, came to her with this idea. He came up with this idea because last year the Service Learning class did it. He also said, “My grandpa was a marine, and it always made him feel better when he got a letter.”

Many classes wrote letters. Jaxon Hartvigson, a seventh grader at SJHS, said, “It was fun to write to them. My favorite thing about it was saying I hope you get back to your families.”

So, if you want to write a letter to a person who is serving our country, then go to www.operationgratitude.com for more information. Also if you get stuck and don’t know what to say, write a little about yourself, and show appreciation for their services. And ask yourself, will this letter bring a smile to someone’s face?