All this week the students at St. Alphonsus Parish School (5816 15th Ave NW) are celebrating their neighbors. Although Neighbor Appreciation Day was on Saturday, students and parents will be going around the neighborhood delivering cookies and cards to Ballard businesses. “For us, Neighbor Appreciation is day is when we reach out, create new bonds, and express thanks to those who live or work around us,” Tricia Bentley with the school tells us.
Second grader Ben drew the card that will be handed out. He titled it, “I love my neighbor, Jean.” Bentley sent us the story behind the card:
Jean, an elderly neighbor of Ben’s, has a large, old maple tree in her front yard. Last fall when Ben came home from school Jean was out front raking all the leaves into a big pile. Ben wanted to help her. They raked up a large pile of these big maple leaves and Ben and another neighborhood boy spent hours jumping into the pile of leaves!
There is also a banner with Ben’s picture on the fence of the school.