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Preschool donates to Second
Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina
by Justin Vick
editor@mooresvilleweekly.com
MOORESVILLE – As a food drive
coordinator with Second Harvest Food
Bank of Metrolina, Steve Cross visits
many schools around the holidays. But
his visit to Primrose School of Lake Norman
on Monday, Dec. 6, was his first time
explaining the virtues of volunteering to
preschool children.
“Has anyone ever been hungry before?”
he asked the group of 3-, 4- and 5-yearolds.
“I like spaghetti,” replied one boy,
prompting several of his classmates to
blurt out their favorite foods.
Another boy told the group that his
mother has food, giving Cross the opportunity
to bring the discussion back to giving
by explaining that there are some children
whose moms don’t have any food.
“Everyone is in the giving mood with
Thanksgiving and Christmas,” Cross told
Mooresville Weekly. “But hunger is felt
year-round, so we have to encourage people
to keep donating. Obviously, the need
has risen, and we’re trying to keep pace
with that.”
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina
distributed 33 million pounds of food
to soup kitchens, pantries and low-income
daycares in 19 counties last year.
Preschoolers from Primrose School of
Lake Norman added 362 pounds of food
on Monday. Aside from the donation, the
children also performed a song for Cross.
“We feel it’s really important for
someone like Steve to come
from Second Harvest and
accept the donation,” said
Stacey Hinman, owner of
Primrose School of Lake
Norman. “It’s really important
for the kids to see
where their donations are
going.”
Giving children the
opportunity to ask questions
is also important, considering
their minds begin
to swell with questions and
are better able to understand
concepts at 3 years
old, she said.
The food drive was part
of the preschool’s “Helping
Hands” curriculum and one
of four such projects it conducts a year.
Other projects include donating books
and pairs of socks to Barium Springs
Home for Children in Statesville.
Character development is an important
component of the preschool, Hinman
explained. Thirteen puppets aid teachers
in expressing a different character trait
each month.
Justin Vick/MW photo
Children from Primrose School of Lake Norman interact during
an assembly with Steve Cross of Second Harvest Food Bank of
Metrolina. The preschool donated 362 pounds of food.
About Primrose Schools
Founded in 1982, Primrose Schools
provide early childhood education
and child-care services in more than
200 schools in 15 states. Primrose
School of Lake Norman is located at
173 Raceway Drive. Its preschool program
serves children ages 6 weeks old
to 5 years old. It also offers a summer
camp for children ages 5 to 12 years
old, as well as an after-school program
that picks up children at Woodland
Heights Elementary, Lakeshore
Elementary and Pine Lake Preparatory.
Details: 704-658-0460 or www.
primroseschools.com.
“It is important to teach the children
academics, but it’s also very important to
teach the children to be good citizens in
their communities and good teammates
in their classes,” Hinman said.
She and her husband, Jeremy, opened
Primrose School of Lake Norman in May
2006. They saw the need for a quality preschool
program for their 2- and 4-year-old
children when they moved to Mooresville
in October 2003.
“There was nothing here,” she said.
“We left meetings and tours feeling what
we wanted did not exist.”
While Primrose School of Lake Norman
is a private preschool, Hinman wants
the atmosphere to feel like an extension of
home so that parents feel confident leaving
their children there with her staff. q
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