This week, students can sign up for SHARE projects in the cafeteria. The 2013-2014 SHARE Execs are Kaleigh Frigon, Claire Gilman, Spencer Jones, Alex Maday, Erin McGinley, Johnnie Norton and Mitch Tyler. The SHARE projects are as follows:
Freshmen Only:
Freshmen Connection: A variety of “Freshmen Only” projects are planned to get freshmen involved in volunteering
Tutoring:
Headstart: Students work with pre-school children
Reach Out and Read: Volunteers help with reading skills
Upper Room: Volunteers help with homework and reading at this after-school program run by the Saint-Louis Baptist Church north of the Plaza
YMCA Stars: Students provide tutoring in elementary schools
Youth:
Art At Corinth: Students assist children with a variety of art projects at Corinth Elementary
Carnivals Are Elementary: Students help with grade school carnivals
Children’s Place: Volunteers trick-or-treat with children who go to the Children’s Place, an organization for abused and neglected kids
Children’s TLC: Volunteers work with children with disabilities
Ninos de El Centro: Student colunteers assist with the preschool at El Centro
Operation Breakthrough: Students work at Operation Breakthrough, a center that helps underprivileged kids and their families all throughout the year
Older Adults:
Brighton Gardens: SHARE volunteers participate in a variety of fun, intergenerational activities with their senior neighbors down the street.
Village Shalom: Students provide entertainment for elderly residents at Village Shalom
Sports:
Girls on the Run: Running program as a way to build self-esteem in young girls. Women only.
Hoop Dreams: Students play basketball with boys from the Gillis home. Men only.
Groundhog Run: Students help with this 5k/10k race to benefit TLC, a facility for children with disabilities
Kick It At Maddie Rhodes: Volunteers play soccer with inner city youth
Trolley Run: Students help staff with the annual Trolley Run
Sort and Pack
BackSnack: Volunteers help pack backpacks full of food for low income children to have over the weekend when they are not in school
Harvesters: Students sort donated food at the Harvesters warehouse
JFS Food Pantry: Students sort and stock donated food at the Jewish Community Center
Village Food Pantry: Students help with unloading and stocking food at this pantry
Make and Bake
Dye for Haiti: Tie dye activities bring attention to the devastation in Haiti
Ronald McDonald House: Volunteers make meals for families
Shelters
Rose Brooks: Volunteers assist in a variety of ways with abused women and families staying at these shelters. Women only.
Sheffield Place: Volunteers assist at this homeless shelter
Special Populations
Downs’ Guild: Students work with Downs’ Syndrome youth in a variety of projects and events
Farmer’s House: Volunteers assist with a variety of projects in this program that teaches vocational skills to youth and adults with developmental disabilities
Special Olympics: Student volunteers assist special needs children in a variety of sports
Drives
Better Than a Trash Bag: Volunteers collect new and gently used “suitcases” for homeless kids who must move from place to place
Dress It Up: Volunteers provide “gently used” prom dressed at very discounted rates
Project Warmth: Students conduct a drive to collect warm clothes for families in need during the winter months
Soles4Souls: Shoes are collected for those in need
Souper Bowl of Caring: Students run a food drive sponsored by the Kansas City Chiefs around Super Bowl time
Awareness
Headstrong for Jake: Students demonstrate bike safety and encourage wearing helmets at various events and festivals
Breast Cancer: Cancer awareness and education through a variety of events
Try to Walk in Her Shoes: Guys wear high heels and relay race around a track during an SME soccer game, bringing awareness about abused women
Assorted
American Royal: Volunteers assist in a variety of activities at the American Royal
Children of the Dominican: Students organize a “dog walk” to benefit a school in the Dominican
Deanna Rose: Students assist with various activities at this Overland Park Childrens’ farmstead
Puppy Pals: Students try to increase adoption of unwanted pets
Salvation Army: Students ring bells in support of the Salvation Army
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