I think the best gift we are giving them are the phone cards. Our staff donated those.

We have at least 100 already but we will keep working on them as long as we have materials and items. We plan on dropping off the bags at a donation drop site.

During the discussion, we were talking about World War II. It triggered memories about the war and what the residents were doing at that time. That's when Enid mentioned that she made ditty bags for soldiers. We all thought it was a great idea to start making the bags again.

We asked questions like, ' How many fruits and vegetables should you eat each day?' and there were questions about fat and reading food labels.

Based on the topic, we pick a goal for the students to work toward. Every month they have three goals -- the new goal we pick, plus two ongoing goals of walking 10,000 steps and a class goal that they pick together.

Statistics show that kids who are obese when they're 15-18 have a 75 percent chance of being an obese adult.