Edward Little High School sophomore Melanie Strout, right, and her teacher, Diane Pelletier, hand a bag of provisions Friday to a woman in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. Pelletier’s homeroom class visited areas where homeless people spend time and gave snacks, bottled water, hand warmers and socks. The class project was one of over 50 ELHS students volunteered to help with during their annual Community Service Day. Sophomore Gage Stone and his mother, Danielle Petersen-Stone, initiated the idea of handing out provisions. “We have hit hard times as well,” Petersen-Stone said. “We try to help out now that we are back on our feet,” she said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Edward Little High School sophomore Gage Stone and his mother, Danielle Petersen-Stone, hand a box of personal hygiene items Friday to day shelter manager Tonya Sands at the Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston. Students from teacher Diane Pelletier’s homeroom class visited areas where homeless people spend time and provided items such as soap, shampoo, snacks, bottled water, hand warmers and socks. The class project was one of over 50 ELHS students volunteered to help with during their annual Community Service Day. Sophomore Gage Stone and his mother, Danielle Petersen-Stone, initiated the idea of handing out provisions. “We have hit hard times as well,” Petersen-Stone said. “We try to help out now that we are back on our feet.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Edward Little High School sophomore Gage Stone helped hand out a carload of bottled water Friday to the homeless during the Auburn school’s Community Service Day. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Edward Little High School sophomore Chase Sterling talks with a man Friday after handing him a bag of provisions near the Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Edward Little High School sophomore Melanie Strout, right, and her teacher, Diane Pelletier walk through Kennedy Park in Lewiston Friday while handing out bags of provisions to people in need. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal