When officials with the Marissa Lloyd Sunshine Fund visited second-graders last week, bringing them lots of information about serious life issues like bullying and even coping with the death of a loved one. Here are just a few of the things students learned.
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| Jesse Taggett Second-grader, Woodland Question: What does it mean to use your voice? Answer: “Speak up when people are bullying you.” |
Candence St. Pierre Sunshine Citizenship Award winner, Limestone Question: What are ways that you can spread sunshine every day? Answer: “Tell people to stop bullying.” |
Nickie Deschaine Sunshine Citizenship Award winner, Hilltop Question: What can you tell us about Marissa Lloyd? Answer: “She was very sweet, and she was seven. She teaches us that a voice is a voice, no matter how small.” |
Nevaeh Trombley Sunshine Citizenship Award winner, Woodland Question: What can you tell us about Marissa Lloyd? Answer: “She was in second grade when she died in a car crash, and she was nice. Through the Sunshine Fund, I learned to always be a nice kid.” |
Karson Poitras Second-grader, Limestone Question: What was the book you received, and what did you learn from it? Answer: “‘Chester the Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully’ — you learn to be nice and to not be a bully.” |
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| Logan Griffeth Sunshine Citizenship Award winner, Hilltop Question: What does it mean to be a good citizen? Answer: “It means to be good to other people and help each other out.” |
Darian Langille Sunshine Citizenship Award winner, Hilltop Question: What was the book you received, and what did you learn from it? Answer: “My book was ‘Chester the Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories,’ and the book talked about making memories of people who died — like how they put up Marissa’s basketball jersey and picture at the school. It was a good book. I read it with my mom, and again just by myself.” |
Selena Savage Sunshine Citizenship Award winner, Hilltop Question: What are ways that you can spread sunshine every day? Answer: “You can do it by being kind, and being a good citizen to other people — like you do something nice for them, and maybe they’ll do it to someone else. Like you could help them pick up their stuff if they spill something.” |
Tressa Salch Sunshine Citizenship Award winner, Connor Question: What are ways that you can spread sunshine every day? Answer: “Be nice, and be helpful — like if someone’s hurt, you can help them.” |
James Cherrier Sunshine Citizenship Award winner, Hilltop Question: What does it mean to use your voice? Answer: “When someone is bullying you, it means you say ‘I don’t like that, please don’t do that again.’” |
