So much to do, so little time
We have a full semester of service ahead of us! Here’s what we decided to tackle at Saturday’s meeting:
- Raise funds for the Northeast Animal Shelter . We’ll have a day of canning at local stores and a day of wrapping holiday presents at the Northshore Mall with all proceeds benefitting the shelter. If we can get permission, we’ll also collect cat/dog food donations outside the stores when we are canning.
- Serve dinner at My Brother’s Table in Lynn.
- Collect the tabs from aluminum cans for the Shriners Hospital at the library.
- Wrap Christmas presents that Operation Troop Support sends to U.S. troops serving overseas.
- Help Habitat for Humanity with the construction of the 3 Peabody houses. Teens over 16 can help with the building and we’ll have an alternative service project for anyone under 16 to help too.
- Work with GreenPeabody to promote and strength recycling at Higgins and PVMHS.
- Make sandwiches for an area church to hand out to homeless people in the City of Boston.
Members also expressed an interest in doing a service trip to South Dakota to help at the Cheyenne River Youth Project. There would be lots of logistics and fundraising necessary to pull a trip like this off, so its definitely a long-term project. If we decide to go forward with this, we are thinking about doing a Teen Band Concert to help raise the funds.
Clearly, there’s lots to do. Here are the tasks that PYSC members agreed to complete before our next meeting, which will be on Saturday, Oct. 10th at 1pm.
Melissa: Contact GreenPeabody about having a representative speak at a PYSC meeting and start researching the logistics of the S. Dakota trip.
Christina: Talk to the Northeast Animal Shelter about our fundraising plans and call My Brother’s Table to schedule a date for us to prepare dinner.
Raquel: Call the Northshore Mall to find out when we can sign up for a holiday wrapping day.
Asia: Research pet food companies to see if we can request donations of food from them for the shelter.
Sarah: Create a sign explaining the can tabs collection and a box to hold donations.
Lejla: Put together an estimated budget for a trip to S. Dakota so we have a fundraising target.
Jillian: Find out when Operation Troop Support is having their wrapping parties.
Katie: Talk to the volunteer who coordinates the canning for Peabody High track for advice and write something up explaining the logistics of making sandwiches for homeless people in Boston.
Jessica: Talk to the Peabody High teacher who took students to New Orleans on a service trip to get advice for S. Dakota.
If you have any questions or didn’t make Saturday’s meeting but still want to be involved, contact Melissa at 978-531-0100 ext. 14 or rauseo@noblenet.org or join our Facebook group.
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