When Sharon Roscoe assigned a community service project to her fifth and sixth grade students at Ukiah Junior Academy in February 2007, she had no idea how productive the projects would be.

Jordan Craver, a sixth grade student, made more than 60 Valentine's cards by hand. He then attended an assisted-living facility's Valentine's party and personally distributed the cards, spending time talking to each person he gave a Valentine to. "I had planned to go to two other facilities, but I had so much fun talking to everyone at the first place, I ran out of time," said Craver.

Connor and Cameron Smith, twin brothers and fifth grade students, worked on two separate projects. Connor prepared a box to collect personal items, such as soap, shampoo and toothpaste, for the homeless and placed it in the lobby of a local motel. "We prayed that people would donate items to help others," said Connor. "When my mom and I went to check on the box, it was full to the top and the hotel staff had found two bags of supplies they could no longer use."

Cameron made a care package to send to a military hospital for wounded soldiers with no personal items or clothing. He included a letter, a shirt, candy, some personal items that Connor had collected, and a Steps to Christ. In his letter to the wounded soldier, Cameron explained, "No matter what your situation is, Jesus can help you."

The students really enjoyed Roscoe's assignment and learned some important things as well. "Doing this project was a lot of fun," said Connor. "It made me feel good to be able to help a lot of people."

Cameron agreed, "I had fun putting the box together, but I may never know who received it or how it helped them."