‘You’re Awesome!’ Shingle Springs Elementary Students Thank Fire Crews With Heartfelt Signs

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SHINGLE SPRINGS (CBS13) — Firefighters are overworked and overextended warring respective large fires successful the Golden State.

For children, it tin look overwhelming. That’s wherefore a section simple schoolhouse is sending a connection to crews and those families impacted by the fire.

One of the signs enactment unneurotic by students. (Credit: Buckeye Elementary)

It’s a motion of the times: heartfelt messages for archetypal responders and those connected the beforehand lines each crossed the obstruction astatine the El Dorado County fairgrounds, which is serving arsenic a basal campy for the Caldor Fire.

“So a fewer teachers astatine Buckeye decided to marque immoderate signs for the firefighters. I was 1 of them,” said Emily Holmes.

Holmes is simply a third-grade teacher and 1 of respective classrooms from Buckeye Elementary successful Shingle Springs participating.

“I’m blessed our schoolhouse is doing this,” said Mya Rhodewalt.

Their goal: dispersed the love.

“I’m grateful for them putting retired the fire,” said Anthony Paul.

Seeing the enactment the crews person done has been inspirational. These students cognize it’s a tiny motion with a large impact.

“I anticipation the firefighters spot this and it puts a grin connected their faces aft they person a hard time of enactment astatine the fires,” said different student.

Fifth-grader Peyton McDonald was arrogant to spot them.

“I was blessed determination were signs up to admit those people, ‘cause similar the dense instrumentality operators they don’t usually deliberation astir them, but they are important too,” helium said.

It comes arsenic the schoolhouse collects acquisition cards for evacuees.

“One of our schoolhouse rules is ever care, and we thought this would beryllium a large accidental to amusement that to the radical astir america who are going done a hard clip close present with the Caldor fire,” said Principal Kevin Cadden.

All time Friday, which happened to beryllium tone day, students dropped the cards disconnected astatine the beforehand office.

“I deliberation the kids consciousness a small spot helpless successful this, and each this fume is beauteous scary, truthful making the posters and doing the acquisition paper thrust is helping them consciousness good,” Holmes said.

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All of those cards volition beryllium dropped disconnected astatine an evacuation halfway implicit the weekend.