Daisy Day 2021

Around the world, the Bryn Mawr community came together in spirit and service to celebrate Daisy Day on January 29, 2021. Daisy Day is an opportunity to share school pride while being of service to the school and inspiring others to do the same, while sporting school colors and daisy gear. 

While this year’s event looked different from the previous Daisy Days, students were able to share their generosity  with the greater Baltimore community through divisional community service projects.

Little School students assembled 100 toiletry kits for the House of Ruth.  Kits included tooth brushes, shampoo, lotion, masks and a custom made card from the Little School students. Students reported back that through this project, they were helping others take care of their bodies and  health.  

The Lower School held a diaper drive and created handmade cards for ShareBaby, Baltimore-based nonprofit that started the city’s first diaper bank. Donations were made by dropping off physical supplies and using an Amazon Wishlist.  Together, Lower School students and teachers  collected more than 10,000 diapers. 

Middle School students combined the work of the Empty Bowls, a grassroots organization working to end food insecurity around the country, with Daisy Day to create Empty Bowls kits.  Each grade created an element of the kits. Sixth grade added the biscuit mixes, 7th grade assembled the soup mixes and 8th grade made origami swan ornaments. The kits will be donated to … 

In the Upper School, Community Service Learning (CSL) members led an initiative to write notes for Bryn Mawr employees as well as residents of Keswick, Broadmead and Kennedy Kreiger.  Students worked to create a digital template so that distance learners could also participate. CSL President Mia Eventhoff said, “The Upper Schools’ goal for Daisy Day was to make someone’s day just that much better.” Upper School students were also posed the questions, “What does Bryn Mawr stand for?” and “What changes do you envision for the greater Baltimore community?” Community Alliance for Everyone (CAFE), put together an instructional video for fellow students on how to contact representatives about the issues most important to them.  

In addition to community service efforts for the whole community, Bryn Mawr parents and past parents, alumnae, grandparents, employees, trustees and friends joined together to raise over $89,000 for The Bryn Mawr School.