November 5, 2004

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Dedicated Grandparents Make a Difference at StoneBridge School

Jim & Sandy Hagaman, dedicated StoneBridge grandparents

Jim and Sandy Hagaman are valued StoneBridge grandparents. They joined the StoneBridge community in the 2003-04 school year as their grandson, James Hagaman IV, enrolled in first grade. "We are hands-on grandparents," says Jim.

Jim and Sandy serve daily as volunteers in the primary school carpool lane. During the 2003-04 school year, primary school secretary Suzanne Walton asked the Hagamans if they could spend their volunteer time one or two mornings a week in the carpool lane. Now Jim and Sandy miss it greatly if they miss a single morning.

"There are immediate prayer opportunities that occur on a daily basis during arrival at the primary school," said the Hagamans. They believe that volunteers have a profound effect on the community of students, down to the youngest child who would never verbalize the significance of their presence. "Sandy and I feel that this is our ministry to encourage the parents," said Jim, "and to be a grandparent figure to children who don't get to see their grandparents on a regular basis."

"We recognize the fiber of Christ woven through the faculty and staff of this institution," said Jim and Sandy. They have been very impressed by the teachers' tenderness and their heart for the work that they are doing with their students.

Sandy and Jim help the students at carpool time every single morning