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We are VIPs. V olunteers I n P ractice. We’re from Weymouth High School As VIPs we: Volunteer our time to help people in our community Work to inspire others to become volunteers themselves. We Run Food Drives. Mr. Faria’s 2015 Class. V olunteers I n P ractice.
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Volunteers In Practice • We’re from Weymouth High School • As VIPs we: • Volunteer our time to help people in our community • Work to inspire others to become volunteers themselves
Volunteers In Practice • The money we raise from the food drive goes to the Weymouth Food Pantry • 2014 we raised $3,300 • 2015 we raised $5,000 • 2016 we raised $8,500
Who gets to go to Weycathlon 2017? Students who do great volunteerism! 25 students from this school get to go. 5 students from each grade.
What is volunteering? Volunteering means that you work to help others. It means you lend a helping hand.
YOU can volunteer at home • Do a chore without being asked • Bring school supplies in for your teacher • Donate books you’ve outgrown • Do yard work for a neighbor • Read to your younger sibling • Write a thank you note for a soldier • Donate food to the Weymouth Food Pantry • Bring cookies to your custodian • Help put away groceries
YOU can volunteer at school • Leave a happy note for a classmate. • Write thank you cards for your bus driver or WeyCare workers • Tell the principal how great your teacher is • Make friends with someone new at school • Make a card to thank last year’s teacher • Help with a classroom chore
YOU can volunteer with others • Help with a parent council fundraiser • Run a food drive for the Weymouth Food Pantry • Run a coat drive for Cradles to Crayons • Organize a school clean-up day • Take treats to the local fire station • Write to pen pals through a program like ePals • Collect letters and care package items to send to soldiers through an organization like Operation Gratitude
Growing Volunteerism Challenge • There is a flyer going home in your backpacks today • It explains everything we said • Attached will be a few helping hands • Do acts of volunteerism at home, bring in your hands, and tape them to the tree • School with the most hands wins the service event at Weycathlon 2017 • Students with the most hands may get to go to Weycathlon 2017.
Let’s Review • What is volunteerism? • Can you do acts of volunteerism? • Do small acts make a difference? • How can you male your school’s volunteerism tree grow? • How can you help your school win Weycathlon 2017 and maybe even go there? • Who wants to be a VIP?