Ell-Saline Middle School
The Ell-Saline Middle School Family and Consumer Science class practices sewing skills each semester. When students complete their projects, they start working on pillows to be placed in a Wellness Tote. The Wellness Totes are put together at Clark Wellness by one of their alumni, Amanda Otto and her mother, Deanna Clark, a cancer survivor. The totes contain items useful to people undergoing cancer treatment at local cancer centers. The students create between 30 and 50 pillows each semester.
Susan Nelson told us that The Ell-Saline High School has participated in the Saline County Youth Relay For Life since it’s inception, for 16 years. The Middle School pillow project is another way that students may contribute to ease the suffering of patients undergoing cancer treatments.
