This spring marked the return to an age-old 韦德娱乐app下载地址 tradition of an all-school Service Day. 我们决定把这一天从垃圾箱里拉出来, 掸去灰尘, and fully resurrect it because it is an important part of our history and a reflection of our current culture. 我们有一支以服务为导向的教师队伍, staff, 学生群体, and an all-school service day is an amazing way to celebrate it in solidarity, as well as expose everyone to work and activities they may not experience otherwise, help kids gain exposure to and confidence around the process of community service, and emphasize our core value of the imperative to give back to our school and local communities. This day makes a bold and clear statement about who we are and what we stand for.
With 16 projects that benefited 11 different non-profit organizations, 我们为孩子们服务, adults, and the natural world — doing trail maintenance, farming, knitting, gardening, painting, mentoring, 仓库管理, 食品服务, sorting clothes and other necessities for kids in need; we worked with kids and adults with developmental disabilities, restored our very own Primrose Creek and beautified our campus, 帮助救援犬找到家, 捡起垃圾, 探访养老院, 擦洗消防站的地板, 还有更多. 一天之内，我们就产生了巨大的影响.
But impact wasn't just what this day was about. At the all-school assembly that began the day, students reminded me that we serve because it feels good, because it's empowering to give back as an entire student body, 只是因为它是必需的. We spend a lot of our lives taking from the communities that support us, and it's the least we can do to give a little back.
This Service Day was part of a larger effort by our student-run Service Society, 我也一样, 担任服务总监, to move the big giving heart that Solebury possesses more front and center. We're looking forward to more all-school Service Days and many other service projects in the future! If you'd like to get involved in Solebury's Service Society, 或者是社区服务的努力, 联系我: smay@zjhsycw.com.
Here is a full list of the organizations we partnered with for our all-school service day: 重建人类栖息地, Spin, Inc., 滚动的收获, 根到河农场, 卡弗斯维尔农场基金会, 巴克斯县奥杜邦协会, 鲍曼山野生动物保护区, 面对面, 朋友村退休, 新希望庄园, 新希望火 & Rescue, 露露的狗救援, 操作的感激之情, 美国热身, and of course our very own 韦德娱乐app下载地址.
Sarah has taught at 韦德娱乐app下载地址 for 11 years. A job with AmeriCorps after college inspired her love of community service. She spent Service Day working for 操作的感激之情 and the 新希望火 & Rescue.