Audrey Greene knows just how important a blanket, a bear, and a book can be in a young child’s life.“They can be of great comfort for a homeless student,” noted Greene who serves as the Shasta Elementary School principal.At the same time Greene wanted to make sure students didn’t get too swept up in the Internet Age and lose sight of the importance of service.“I want them to learn to have a servant’s heart,” she said.Those two concerns — helping homeless youth and showing students the importance of serving — gave birth to a service learning project dubbed, “Books, Blankets & Bears.” It is being done in partnership with the Give Every Child a Chance After School ProgramStudents have been reaching out to their parents and the community to make donations of new Teddy Bears, new books, and fleece material that can be used so students can have hands on experience of making blankets that will then be presented to homeless children.They will conduct their first Thankful Thursday this week on Nov. 19. At some point during the day each of the school’s 32 classes will devote time to taking the donated fleece material, cutting it, and then tying it to make a blanket.“This way (by tying and not sewing) every student can have a hand in making the blankets,” Greene said.Efforts will be made to coordinate the blanket design with age appropriate books and Teddy Bears.Greene noted the most consistent thing that homeless children have in their lives is inconsistency.