Number of Participants: 14
Hours Donated: 14
Value of Time Served: $1,656
Event Amount Raised: $1,500
Event Type: Veterans & Military Families
Sport: Other
School: Mynderse Academy
Date: June 2, 2019
Location:
Mynderse Academy
Troy Street, Seneca Falls
NY
About:
Our community service group is comprised of 14 teens in 6th through 12 grades. The group started off this school year with a homelessness awareness camp out which focused on raising awareness of home and food insecurity in our area. The group held a food drive, shopped in a mock pantry and had to prepare a meal for using only those supplies. They also made “up cycled” gift bags to be sold at holiday craft fairs to benefit their chosen charity, Honor House.
Honor House is a home in Seneca Falls that serves as transitional housing for female veterans and their family in need of secure housing. In the fall, the group spent a day working with Habitat for Humanity backfilling a foundation and sponsored, cooked and served a pancake breakfast on Veterans Day. All proceeds going directly to Honor House.
By January the group had raised $400 for Honor House. But, they wanted to do more, so they applied for and received a grant through the Youth Service Fund and spent 4 months planning “A Walk for Honor”. This was a 2-4 mile family walk down the Cayuga Seneca trail. The event was held on June 2 and raised over $1,500. All the proceeds from this event goes to help the Honor House program through Habitat for Humanity of Seneca County.
In total, this group of students collectively performed 200 hours of community service planning the walk, serving dinners for disaster relief, organizing food drives, restoring habitat at our local wildlife refuge and serving our veterans.
They are:
Danielle Ehresman 11, tennis, swimming
Gavin Rhinehart 10th, cross country, swimming and track
Gavin Rhinehart 10th, cross country, swimming and track
Alyssa Marley 10th, Volleyball
Macy Benz 10th drama club
Abby Palmer 9th grade Tennis
Faith Rhinehart, 8th cross country, swimming and softball
Bella Ferrara 8 th Soccer and basketball
Matt Ehresman 8th Soccer and Tennis
Alex Ferrara 7 th Tennis and Softball
Tyler Beach 7 th soccer and Tennis
Kirsten Lajewski 7th cross country, basketball and softball.
Iris Pellagato 7th
Kyan Powers 6th (too young for modified sports but plays rec league)
Drew Palmer 7th grade cross county