A number of students from Notre Dame Prep spent part of an intense day of community service at the Matchan Center of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Pontiac on October 8 when they handed out homemade blankets to the homeless and disadvantaged.
According to Cathy Zuccaro, Notre Dame's campus ministry director, the blankets were made during the school's Make It Matter Day in October.
NDP senior Megan Neiheisel was one of the students helping out at SVdP that day. She says the experience was eye-opening and that it "makes her want to do more" in the community.
Former Detroit Lions receiver Herman Moore also was on hand to help out at the Pontiac center, which opened in 1984 and has since served over 30,000 meals and provided other assistance to Oakland County's needy.
Watch a video below put together by St. Vincent de Paul with assistance by WXYZ-TV.
About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at
www.ndpma.org.
