Recently at the Tower School in Marblehead they held a Friends of Our Troops event. This is an annual community service event that supports our troops by creating care packages and thank-you letters. The Tower School students were joined by other students who are part of Friends of Children-Boston to create 150 care packages. These packages were sent to US troops overseas and will be received, hopefully, before the holidays.

As Don Souter, a Tower parent, said, “Tower School is committed to providing opportunities for students to contribute meaningfully within their school, community and the world. Working with Friends of Children-Boston, an organization that has done so much to help the students of Boston, provides opportunities for Tower students to build lasting friendships across communities and creates wonderful community-service activities — helping to let our troops know that we care.”

As the Friends of Children-Boston Executive Director Michelle Harrington said, “We are incredibly grateful to the Tower School community for making these service events possible. This partnership allows children from different communities to learn from each other and give back together.”