Julie Durocher is an art teacher from an elementary school, but now because of the serious flood, there are no students in the school 1 . She's trying to keep her hands 2 , because she thinks the end of the school year left her with an empty feeling. "It is terrible not to say goodbye to the 3 at the end of the year in person, and I really 4 ending the school year like that," said Durocher.
As a(n) 5 teacher of over 20 years, she 6 to use her love for art to create and 7 a coloring book for families. 8 , she has got the help of eleven other kind art teachers to help 9 the spirits of students. "People have a lot of 10 about what is going on in our world today, and I think 11 can give you an opportunity to be creative, and doing creative things can make you less anxious," said Durocher.
Students are not the only people she's 12 . The book costs five dollars, and all proceeds go to the Jackson Interfaith Shelter to help start their own project to help rebuild their kids' area. So far, Durocher and her team have 13 more than 13,000 dollars for the project. "It's exciting to see it being used and making a 14 , and know that I was a part of that is kind of a really 15 thing," said Durocher.
