Dreams Contained in Toy Chests

Students in the Honors Program hammered, clamped and drilled to make toy chests for children staying at the Catherine McCauley House in Plymouth. Students assembled and hand painted six toy chests for the children. The program was inspired by a call to service on Martin Luther King Day.

“Students will enjoy projects the more they can get involved and also the more they can take a leadership role,” said Professor Scott Blanchard, leader of the Honors Program.

The wooden toy chests will go to the children of homeless women who are aided by the Catherine McAuley House, which services about 1800 individuals a year, providing transitional housing for single women and women with children.

“It’s something really important for a kid to have like a toy chest or something to fill that with toys cause it’s like their dreams. So if they have somewhere to put their dreams isn’t that a good thing?” asked freshman Melissa Wasson.

Kids staying at the Catherine McAuley house will now have a place to store their treasures, and their mothers say they treasure the gift.

“I think it’s going to be a good thing. We can put [the toys] in the toy chests. It’ll be organized and a lot better,” said Erica Callahan, a resident at the women’s shelter. “You don’t find many organizations or schools and stuff that help out.”

Volunteers at the Catherine McCauley house say they will be happy that the children will be able to organize and care for their toys.

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