Community Service Update
As of Monday, October 6, 2008 11:36 AM
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NEED HELP!!! Need community service hours? Want a great way to pick up those hours? There are a number of elementary school teachers in need of high school students to help out in their rooms from 2:45 until the end of their school day. If you would like to make a difference in a young student’s life, why not volunteer. Stop by the Community Service Office and see Mr. Swain for the list of teach

WANT TO TUTOR??? The Bloomfield Township Public Library is in need of students to volunteer as Teen Homework Coaches. You must be available to tutor throughout the 2008/2009 school year, complete the Bloomfield Township Public Library Volunteer Application and the Volunteer Skills Test, and provide two written letters of recommendation from a teacher, school counselor or advisor attesting to your proficiency in the subject areas that you would like to tutor. For more information, please contact Ms. Hoskins in Adult Services at
248-642-5800, ext. 176. Help make a difference in your community!!

PLEASE HELP SPECIAL OLYMPICS!!!! The special olympics program is in full swing and really needs volunteers for the following events. Bowling this year is on Saturday mornings at 9:30am at 300 Bowl. Many volunteers are needed to assist in this event. Also, if you swim, there is a need for swim coaches on Thursday nights from 7 - 8 pm and on Saturday from 1 - 2 pm. Both of these sessions are at the Lahser High School gym. Special Olympics is a rewarding way to complete your community service requirement. Your help is greatly appreciated by students you help. For more information contact lrice@bloomfield.org.

FALL FESTIVAL TIME - Conant Elementary is holding their Fall Festival on October 24th and are in need of students to help with food distribution, crafts, and the Country Store. Volunteers are needed from 5:30pm until 8:15pm. What a great way to earn some hours!!! You can sign up at the Community Service Office or email laura.srinivasan@comcast.net.

Do you want to win $1,000?
Have you volunteered in your community in the last year?
If yes, why not apply for the Purdential Spirit of Community Award. Click on this link for details or go
directly to the Purdential Spirit of Community Award Application. Good Luck!

Philosophy of the Program:
Service to the needs of others is a personal act of caring reflecting sensitivity to the interdependency we share as human beings. It requires acquisition of skills and application of knowledge by informed, positive and productive participants. While the goal of service is to effect positive change in the lives of persons served, important by-products for the server are affirmation of self and growth of character.

Bloomfield Hills Schools believes young people bring vital resources to needs in their community an, in turn, personally benefit from the experiential learning such involvement brings. We are committed to the extended classroom of service to others because it allows students to synthesize and apply what they have learned, to realize themselves as contributors to society, and to gain experience in deciding direction for their lives.

Defining the nature of needs and taking action to meet them is an important endeavor. No educational system is fully responsible until it assists society in this vital process.

What we do for ourselves dies with us.
What we do for our community lives long aft.

PHOTO ON THIS PAGE: Courtesy of Summer in the City Volunteer Program.
A program that was established by former Bloomfield Hills students.