Westover student Sarah Cavallaro
Sarah Cavallaro of Middlebury, a junior at Westover School in Middlebury, is organizing the Kid’s Winter Season Sale, which will be held Sunday, Dec. 6, from 12 to 4 p.m. in Westover’s Fuller Athletic Center. The sale will help young children in the community find affordable presents for family members and friends.
Children who come to the sale may purchase up to 10 items that each sell for $1. Cavallaro will then donate the proceeds from the sale to Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury, which supports victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Cavallaro has been organizing the Kid’s Winter Season Sale as an independent community service project. She is basing the project on a program that was organized by the late Karen Kemp, Cavallaro’s former guidance counselor at Middlebury Elementary School.
“The sale is an opportunity for Middlebury area children from kindergarten through fifth grade to be able to purchase inexpensive gifts for loved ones in this busy winter season,” said Maggie Nuñez-Fernandez, a Westover faculty member who is coordinating the school’s community service program this year with her colleague, Christopher Sweeney. They have been providing guidance and support to Cavallaro in organizing the event.
Cavallaro is collecting donated items – candles, books, toys, tools, jewelry, wrapping paper, and other items – from faculty, staff, students and their families, as well as from members of the Middlebury community.
In addition to a selection of gift items, Cavallaro said, there will be a wrapping station and a bake sale featuring gluten-free items at the event. She also hopes to have a jewelry-making booth at the event where children can create their own handmade gifts as a purchased gift item option.
Cavallaro has recruited volunteers to staff the event from among her fellow Westover students and from the members of a Middlebury Girl Scout troop.
Anyone wishing to donate new or gently used items for the sale can bring them to Westover’s Red Hall from now until Friday, Dec. 4. Westover is at 1237 Whittemore Road in Middlebury. It is a selective boarding and day school with more than 200 students in grades 9 to 12 from 17 states and 19 countries.
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