Ursuline High School Students to Celebrate Make a Difference

POSTED: DECEMBER 2011

Students from Ursuline High School in New Rochelle volunteered at the Cerebral Palsy of Westchester School program to make a difference in their community. Make a Difference Day encourages people to do something meaningful for others. The students made stuffed turkey crafts with the 62 children at the CP School. The students all have multiple disabilities including cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities.

Ursuline High School students have been coming to the CP Westchester School program for Make a Difference Day for the last four years. The students are able to interact with children with special needs, many for the first time. The students performed a skit in addition to the craft project in all five of the school classrooms.

Vicki Hertlein, Director of Personal Development at the Ursuline School coordinated the event with Mike Vecchiolla, Principal of the CP Westchester School. Mr. Vecchiolla described the collaboration as a great experience for all. The students at CP Westchester enjoy the hands on activities and the energy of the Ursuline students. Ursuline students get satisfaction knowing that they are helping others and making a difference.

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