Students at Plum school observe history, show gratitude By Karen
Zapf Published: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 9:30 p.m. Updated:
Thursday, October 4, 2012 Serving as a Girl Scout for the past
several years, Alexis McClintock regularly volunteers in her
community. McClintock, 12, and other students at Center
Elementary School in the Plum School District, recently worked
on a project that both helped those in need and taught them a
history lesson. In honor of Constitution Day on Sept. 17, the
students wrote messages of inspiration on squares made of blue
jean material. The squares are sewn together into quilts. The
Four Freedom Gratitude Quilts are sent to injured and sick
troops overseas as part of Operation Quiet Comfort. Constitution
Day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept.
17, 1787. Margi McClintock, Alexis McClintock's mother, said she
found out about Operation Quiet Comfort when she was looking for
a service project for her daughter's Girl Scout troop.
McClintock mentioned the project