Gallery: Service Day makes an impact

17 locations + students + faculty = a morning of change in the community

The Rubicon, Editors and StaffMarch 10, 2016Leave a Comment

Upper School Service Day took place on the morning of Mar. 4.  Coordinated by US History Department Head Mollie Ward, and student Community Action and Service seniors Boraan Abdulkarim, Liz Shaheen, and Vanessa Miller, the day focused on hands-on work within the community. Here are a few of the places where students contributed service :

 Education: Community School of Excellence, EXPO, Global Academy, Maxfield Elementary

 

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Emily Thissen
Juniors Genevieve Zanaska, David Santos, and Justine Miller volunteered at the Community School of Excellence on Service Day. "It was fun working with the kids. The kindergartners were my favorite," Santos said.

Food Support: One Heartland

 

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Submitted by: Gita Raman
A small group of students prepare birthday cards and thank you notes for One Heartland. The other small groups were asked to organize playing cards, bead necklaces, and tie friendship bracelet string.

 

Elderly: Concordia Arms Apartments, Episcopal Homes, Lyngblomsten, Shalom Home

 

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Clare Tipler
Senior Sami Brattland works with a partner at Lyngblomsten Retirement Community to make colorful clay beads. The beads will go to children with cancer or long-term illness around the country.

 

Housing and Food Stability, Community Development: Crisis Nursery, Keystone Services, Project Pride for Living

 

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Noor Qureishy
SPA students pack dental hygiene kits containing floss, toothpaste, and more at Project for Pride in Living, one of the nonprofit organizations that that students volunteered at during Service Day. Pictured: freshman William Swanson, Senior Milo Wittenberg, sophomore Jak Kinsella, and Volunteer Projects Coordinator at PPL, Elle Janss (from left to right).