The comic strip ‘Peanuts’ made a certain beagle famous if not iconic.

A T-shirt may do something similar for another.

Earlier this month the Wescosville Elementary School Community Service Club debuted its T-shirt to benefit the group Kindness is Magic, an organization focused on the elimination of school lunch debt.

The shirt features the likeness of Mario, an East Penn School District therapy dog who specializes in helping elementary school students in the district.

“We wanted something that the kids would absolutely love,” Marissa Quinn, Wescosville Elementary School Community Service Club adviser said in a telephone interview Sept. 13. And students love Mario, she added.

Quinn’s daughter, now in fifth grade at WES, designed the shirt.

“She absolutely loves art and drawing dogs,” Quinn said. Her daughter was a member of the club in the last school year.

Wescosville Elementary School Community Service Club is a club for fourth graders at the school. Students submit an interest form and are selected by a lottery, Quinn said. Twenty-five students participate in the club each school year.

Sales of the shirt closed Sept. 12 and a schoolwide T-shirt day is anticipated, Quinn said. T-shirts were available to order for all students in all grades.

Proceeds from T-shirt sales benefited Kindness is Magic, Inc.

“I was overjoyed to hear that the children in the club designed their own T-shirt to sell in order to help their peers who are struggling with food insecurity,” Melissa Fillman, founder of Kindness is Magic, said in an email to The Press.

“Their project demonstrated kindness and compassion and their initiative embraces the mission of our charity. I am so grateful to Marissa Quinn and all of the children for helping to spread kindness!” Fillman continued.

“The Kindness is Magic group is great to work with,” Quinn said. “I would love to do it again next year,” she added, noting the 2022-2023 academic year is her first as the service club’s adviser.

Upcoming service club projects include a Veterans Day assembly and collecting gifts for the holiday season. The club meets twice a month after school. The club holds monthly pretzel sales to raise money for projects in the community.

“I am so excited to be the adviser to such a wonderful club,” Quinn said in an email to The Press. “I really love getting to share the joy of giving back to the community with the children of our club.”