The 7th grade Destination Imagination (DI) team of Washington Gifted Middle School has made a video called “Breaking the Myth!” This video tells that the Children’s Home Association of Illinois is not an orphanage.

The Children’s Home helps disadvantaged children and families in the tri-county area. Although it is not an orphanage, it provides over thirty services to our community. Their mission is to give children a childhood and future by protecting them, teaching them, and healing them, and by building strong communities.

Destination Imagination is an extra-curricular activity that focuses on creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork. DI has seven different challenges, or categories to choose from. This DI team has chosen the challenge Project Outreach. This challenge requires the team to address a real-world need in a real-world setting.

This team’s goal is to break the myth that the Children’s Home is an orphanage. You can find this video at: www.youtube.com. To contact this team, call the team manager, Shannon Rule, at (309) 693-3859.