*Support of School Projects:

Students volunteer for all our district school fundraisers and any other assistance that is needed. 

*Buddy Program North Shore High School Facility:

A weekly mentoring program with our middle school students as the mentee and our high school student mentor.  A Big brother/Sister type program

*St Christopher-Ottillie Children’s Home:

We provide student tutors for the children as well as create art & craft projects

*The Center for Parents and Children   Glen Cove Facility:

This group is dedicated to enhance the parent/child relationship and assist parents with raising challenges to promote a healthier family unit.  My volunteers have assisted this group with office work/mailings as well as fundraisers.

* North Shore Soup Kitchens in Glen Cove and Hempstead :  

Our volunteers serve meals as well as make food for the annual Thanksgiving Dinner

A student committee has also been formed to assist the guests at each facility

*Locks of Love:        

Students and faculty members have donated hair to make wigs for cancer patients

* Local Beach Clean Up Projects: 

Students  assist  annually with local beach clean up projects

* Harbor Day Care Center Glen Head and the Sea Cliff Facilities:  

This is a daily program and our students assist by reading to the children, and participating  in the summer programs provided by the Center.

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*Hospital volunteers:

Glen Cove Volunteers/Candy Strippers

Schneider Hospital Holiday toy drive Annual carnival for pediatric patients

*Nursing Homes: 

The Sunshine Home, Glen Cove facility       

*Senior Citizen Centers:       Glen Cove Facility & the Golden Ring Center in Glen Head 

Assist with office work, mailings, etc.

*Senior Citizen Helping Hands Program:

A program to assist our community by helping senior citizens with light chores to include

Leaf raking, show shoveling. 

*Saint Christopher-Ottillie Children’s Home:  Sea Cliff location

Assisting with homework and a reading program

*Mentoring Program:

Students speaking to their peers is a good way to get the message across and we have various programs where students speak to their peers concerning important issues and problem solving.

*Food Drives for Thanksgiving

Annually we collect food through our Commons Classes and this collection is are donated community families in need

*Assistance For the North Shore Inn

We prepared food for the Thanksgivng Day Dinner at the Glen Cove Soup Kitchen

* Island Harvest Organization:        

We have food drives and donated the items collect to Island Harvest; the largest food bank on Long Island

*Annual Holiday Adopt A Family Project

Gift Giving in December for community families belonging to the Harbor Day Care Center/Glen Head Facility

Annual Toy Drive for Schneider Children’s Home    District-wide Event

We deliver the toys as well as entertain the pediatric patients through musical performances and a children’s carnival

*Animal Shelter Volunteers:

The North Shore Animal League 

Glen Cove Shelter

Petco

* North Shore Youth Council           Glen Head Facility

This is an after school program where our students volunteer at the center to assist with children who attend the program.  Homework is completed; they use computers, play games, Arts & Crafts, etc

*Visions & The Horizons Programs:          

This program blends hands on work intercultural living with the learning experience.   Horizons are another such program.  Currently we have no student involvement but we did have students in the past as participants.

Some students have however done some amazing things over seas and I have tracked their experiences and show cased the venture for Back to School Night.

We currently have two students who visited Africa and worked in the schools assisting with a reading program as well as setting up computers for learning

*Eagle Scout Assistance

I have assisted some of our student Boy Scout members from Troop 195, who were applying for their Eagle Scout credential

*Various  Swim-A-Thons

These events are offered and organized by other organizations outside of the community

*Habitat For Humanities

A program dedicated to providing service-learning opportunities to young people.