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Each year at Christmas time, OLG reaches out to support sickly children at Providence-Cedars Sinai in Tarzana with a special toy drive. All the new toys collected are donated to the hospital and shared with sickly children in the hospital throughout the school year to help bring a little cheer to their hospital stay. To help, please bring a new, unwrapped toy to the school office! All toys will be donated to Providence-Cedars Sinai on Tuesday, December 19.

Our first grade class and OLG choir spread cheer and special gifts with our OLG Senior Citizens group each year at Christmas time. This year our students will sing songs and share camaraderie with our senior-friends on Tuesday, December 5. At OLG, our students know how to share and impact the lives of others just as Jesus does!

St. Francis of Assisi was a remarkable saint who had a deep love of the poor and of God’s creation. He had a profound connection with animals, in particular. Accounts report that he would speak to animals and that they would understand him. He believed that every living thing reflected God’s beauty and love in special and different ways. A tradition of blessing animals thus developed in the Church in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.

On Wednesday, October 4, we will celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, with a special assembly and blessing of animals at 8:30am! Parents and families are welcome to bring their animals for a special blessing during the morning assembly.

Please note the following important guidelines for the prayer service.

* Dogs must be kept on a leash and away from children at all times. Aggressive dogs should not attend.
* Cats must be kept in a crate or cat leash.
* Fish and other small animals are welcome and must be kept in their cages at all times even if “friendly.”
* All pets must be taken home after the assembly closes that morning.
* Plush animals and pictures of animals are welcome if your real pets are too busy!

The Our Lady of Grace School Partners in Education program is hosting our annual "’Fore’ the Teachers” golf tournament on Monday, October 9, at the Woodland Hills Country Club. Come out for a fun day of golf, games, silent and live auctioning, and a dinner reception while supporting our OLG teachers. Don't golf? Consider sponsoring the event, donating a silent auction item, buying a dinner ticket, or making a donation. Every bit helps!

Visit https://one.bidpal.net/partnersgolf23/welcome to register and/or donate online. Contact us with any questions.

Our annual parent appeal, called our School Improvement Drive (SID), is already in motion and we already have $100,000 in pledges thus far! The 2023 SID will be dedicated to hardening our campus even further to ensure that our students can learn in a safe and peaceful environment. Our total goal for this SID project is $350,000, so we will do our best to complete this important work as quickly as possible as capital allows. After all, we work with the Lord's most precious ones so it is the least we can do!

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