This past week the Lower School kicked off their annual work of service that we call BIGG Projects.  BIGG stands for Big Ideas for the Greater Good. In 2014, Trinity alumna, Amy Bell '99, passed away unexpectedly. Because of the servant leadership values that were instilled in Amy during her time at Trinity, her parents gave a gift to endow the Amy Bell Charities Fund at Trinity School to enhance the BIGG projects.  Each grade level in the Lower School leads a service project each year.  This year Lower School is kicking off this effort with a service project by everyone in Lower School.

Everyone in Lower School is partnering with the West Texas Food Bank during Hunger Action Month.  On Tuesday, Dr. Peters emphasized one aspect of our Trinity Mission.  That is to Inspire Servant Leadership.  Throughout the school year each grade level will conduct their own individual project, but to start the year everyone in Lower School is helping to solve the problem of hunger in our community. The first Thursday of each month is dedicated to Thankful Thursday.  This happens monthly in Lower School Chapel when we hear from a local community leader about a service project or a service organization.  This week our students heard about the work of the West Texas Food Bank.

From Monday, September 9 through Friday, September 13 we are asking each student to share a box of cereal.  These will be collected throughout the week and then in a dramatic manner shared with the West Texas Food Bank on Friday, September 13.  

Hunger Action Month happens each year in September as a way to bring attention to the problem of hunger in our community and in our state.  Orange is the color of hunger, so we ask everyone in Lower School to wear something orange on Friday, September 13.  Please stay within the parameters of the dress code, but display orange.  Maybe an Orange shirt, or orange socks, or an orange hair bow as an example.

We look forward to working together on this project and begin this year’s work of Inspiring Servant Leadership in our students!