Lily focused on the development of a library
at Ed White Memorial High School. Through a community book drive
and donations from high school students in her area, the library
grew to more than 1,000 books. She then catalogued and organized
the books and assembled bookshelves to place the books.
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Jennifer volunteered to teach
tennis to 30 children ages 5-15. She and a certified tennis
coach taught for 10 sessions at three and a half hours each
session. She also collected tennis rackets, balls, and shoes
to donate to the City of Houston Youth Tennis Program. |
Shefali created 85 scrapbooks
for the children of Boys and Girls Harbor, a home for abandoned
or abused children in La Porte. She chose this project because
the children lacked positive memories of their pasts. Now they
will be able to document happier times in their scrapbooks.
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| Meredith cut out all the pieces to assemble
birdhouses and helped children at the Armand Bayou Nature Center
put together the 37 houses. She donated the houses to the center.
“The children who built the houses had a great time and
enjoyed making the houses as well as helping out the community.”
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Megan served as the assistant program director
for Camp Funshine, a camp for children who have Cystic Fibrosis.
She was responsible for the daily arts and crafts, water activities/exercise,
campfire songs, and discussion of the camper’s daily hardships
or things they had on their minds. She also made a scrapbook
that each camper and counselor received after the event. |
Brittanie planned, designed, and painted
a 6 foot by 6 foot nature-themed mural for the health center
at Camp For All in Burton, TX. Campers and staff adorned 4 inch
by 4 inch ceramic tiles with flowers, birds, insects, and lots
of bright colors that formed the border of Hoster’s mural.
She made a tabletop with the extra tiles and placed it on a
wooden table she made. |
| Valerie planned and implemented the Woodland
Forest Service Unit bridging ceremony. Additionally, she formed
a girl planning board to work with her on planning and presenting
the ceremony. She also built a bridge to use at the ceremony.
Participating troops brought food to donate to Interfaith Food
Pantry. |
Meghan repaired a damaged boat trailer and
cleaned the boat on it for use in boat safety training programs
and recreation through the Northern Branch Office Scout Training
Team and the American Red Cross. Volunteers helped her make
the many repairs. |
Stephanie worked with volunteers to make
crafts for the residents at the Westminister House Retirement
Community. She also organized a group to sing carols, talk with
the residents, and watch movies with them. |
| Ragan held three events for Hope Village
as well as collected arts and crafts and games for the facility.
The events consisted of dancing, an ice cream sundae party,
decorating cookies, making cards, crafts, face painting, and
more. |
Sherry made a trail at Village Creek State
Park more kid friendly by using information sheets and fake
paw prints to teach children about the trees and animals that
are native to the park. “I thought it would be good to
have an easy to follow, kid friendly, safe, educational trail
all in one.” |
Nicole established an ESL Resource Center
and initiated a book drive for families within the Prince of
Peace Community, Resurrection Catholic Community, Guadalupe
Area Social Services, and Women Helping Women-A Shelter for
Battered Women. She also compiled a list of local places that
offered ESL classes cheap or free. |