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Some 200 Villa Madonna students, teachers provide ‘Day of Service’ to nonprofits across the region


Villa Madonna Academy High School/Jr. High students and teachers fanned out across Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati for their annual Day of Service.

Juniors Kathryn McLagan and Anna Popham pull down paneling at a home being renovated by Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky.

The school partnered with shelters, pantries, schools, churches, and other service organizations to help serve others in the community.

More than 200 teachers and students worked in the community. Some did yard work. Others filled grocery orders at Be Concerned pantry in Covington. Some sorted clothing at Master Provisions in Florence and at Lincoln Grant Scholar House in Covington. Some juniors traded laptops for crowbars to do work at a home being renovated by Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky.

Junior Kathryn McLagan said, “I’ve never done demo on a house before. It can definitely be a little bit scary when you’re ripping out a wall and then you’re just waiting for the wall to come down.

“I love that we’ve been given this opportunity to make the world a better place for at least one family.”

Villa Madonna Academy seventh graders Syllus Conley, Max Hildenbrand, and Booker Gifford swept the floors at the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky.

Some members of the freshmen class sort clothes at Master Provisions in Florence

Sophomores Jolie Mangeot, Emily Creed, and Charlotte Litmer filled grocery orders at Be Concerned food pantry in Covington.


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