13th Annual Student “Service Above Self” Project High School Fair to all CCS community service teams and project advisors for addressing important school and/or community needs. May 2, 2016 We encourage all students to continue “service above self” efforts COSI in high school and throughout your lives. Best wishes. Sponsored by Columbus Rotary For more information about the Student “Service Above Self” Project, In Partnership with other Columbus Rotary local and world-wide activities, or Columbus Rotary membership, please contact: Columbus Rotary 1225 Dublin Road Columbus, OH 43215 614-221-3127 www.columbusrotary.org Special Thanks to Our Corporate Supporters Sophisticated Systems, Inc. Fifth Third Bank Huntington MAUCK2 LLC MRS Industrial service above self columbus rotary Rotary International is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians Columbus Rotary’s annual belong to more than 32,000 clubs in 168 countries. Student “Service Above Self” May 2, 2016 Project High School Fair th COSI Founded in 1912 as the 38 club of Rotary recognizes community International, Columbus Rotary has more than AGENDA 300 members committed to: service projects conducted Conducting service programs in by Columbus City Schools’ 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Columbus and around the world Project Exhibits - Atrium Fostering peace and goodwill students that reinforce 12:05 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Creating opportunities for Rotary’s vision of effecting Luncheon Program – Gallery II professional networking and positive and enduring change Award Presentation personal friendships Scholarship Presentation in the lives of others. thanks Special thanks for supporting the Fair Columbus City Schools Program Printing & Event Video Buckeye Boxes, Inc. Project Display Boards Silver Screen Productions, LLC Event Photography Fort Hayes Student Graphic Design Team Design & Artwork 2016 projects Beechcroft High School CAHS Against Sexual Violence – Empowering Hearts Alive – Educating students and students to change reactions to SV by using community members about the seriousness of techniques to avoid SV, being proactive when in heart disease and training people in “Hands- an SV situation and, overall, promoting safe Only” CPR. relationships. No-Limits – Conducting an all-school, student- Urban Farm – Growing and harvesting produce to led basketball tournament for unity and spirit, sell to raise money for Mid-Ohio Food Bank, and to show the possibilities involved when giving produce to the charity restaurant Roots 2016 placing no limits on students’ futures and current Café, and increasing student awareness of food opportunities. insecurity. Briggs High School Columbus Downtown High School Eco-Bruins – Continuing to create recycling Air Force Jr. ROTC Serving the Community – scholarships awareness and promoting its importance by Providing multiple services for Veterans Down implementing multiple activities to reduce waste Day, St. John’s Community Kitchen Food Drive, at our school and contribute to environmental Red Cross Blood Drive, and St. John’s improvement. Community Kitchen feeding the homeless. Helping Displaced Local and International Youth Game Day – Raising money for Special Olympics – Informing students that Huckleberry House by CDHS Business Department students creating, 2016 Columbus Rotary provides a safe place for youth in a crisis marketing, and operating multiple student- situation and raising money for a Syrian refugee selected games for which they pay a fee to play. Service Above Self camp through “pie-in-the-face.” Learning to Teach and “Lead 2 Feed” – Assisting Holiday Helpings – Addressing hunger in our Linden Gardening Group and Heavenly Kids High School Senior Scholarships community by systematically identifying families Center for Learning by tending to the garden’s in need, collecting money for food throughout the needs, donating food to the needy and teaching school, and personally delivering holiday baskets younger kids about gardening. Officials of Columbus City Schools identified the high school senior in to every family. Columbus Global Academy each school who demonstrated the most significant volunteer service Centennial High School Clothing Closet – Recognizing that many fellow during their high school career. These students were invited to apply for Pets Without Parents – Helping PWP maintain students need clothing items and creating a a Rotary scholarship. Following interviews of selected applicants the its shelter by collecting and donating dog & cat student team to organize and implement a food, cat litter, bleach, flea and tick collars, sensitive collection and distribution process. following students have been awarded $2,500 scholarships. newspapers, laundry detergent and more. Columbus North International School Special Olympics – Supporting Special Olympics Cuts N Curls - Building self-esteem and rapport at its Winter State Aquatic Meet as part of SO’s Akeem Adesiji Whetstone High School with Trevitt Elementary students by creating mission to provide friendly competition to people designer boards for students to choose a hair with intellectual disabilities. Michele Burns Linden-McKinley STEM Academy style and then doing the actual styling. Columbus Africentric Early College Pull for the Tab – Supporting Ronald McDonald Brionna Cunningham Walnut Ridge High School Bridging the Gap – Creating a greater sense of House’s families by collecting and donating pop community within our school by high school tabs to assist RMH in paying its utility bills, thus Shyvonne Hoover Mifflin High School students mentoring our elementary students and easing spending on non-service activities. Dajah Howard Columbus Africentric Early College assisting teachers with providing enrichment Weinland Helpers (Buddy Reading) – Helping activities. elementary school students strengthen their Dejanee Kendricks Columbus Alternative High School Helping the Hungry – Carrying on a senior class reading skills and increase reading levels by tradition of helping Livingston UM Church’s food working closely with Weinland Park teachers and Cierra King Northland High School pantry by unloading Mid-Ohio trucks, stocking serving as reading tutors. K'Lynn Partee Fort Hayes Arts & Academics High School shelves, helping clients shop, and taking food to Columbus Scioto 6-12 School their cars. CHOICE Pantry Volunteers – Assisting the pantry Quasia Poole West High School Seniors Saving Lives – Working with the Red by developing workplace knowledge and skills Cross to inform students about the benefits of (machines, safety, use of elevators and pallet Linda Ransom Eastmoor Academy donating blood, organizing our three blood drives drives) then using those skills to help the CHOICE and recruiting students to participate. volunteers. Andrew Santurello Independence High School Columbus Alternative High School Read to Succeed – Reading to students at Beatty Aisley Wells Briggs High School Boo Radley Society – Generating kindness and Park Elementary to help them develop a love for happiness by high-fiving random people, reading and the skills to read well. Christmas caroling in hospitals, putting positive notes on random lockers and more. South Side Food Pantry – Helping the South Link Crew/Freshman Focus – Mentoring at-risk Northland High School West High School Design Project – Researching Side Food Pantry and Roots Café provide freshmen by tutoring them in challenging Gay Straight Alliance (Gender Sexuality and developing proposals for renovating the assistance to people in need by preparing and academic and personal adjustment areas and Alliance) – Making school a more school to better serve our STEM initiative, then serving food and washing dishes. then recognizing their success. accepting/safer place by addressing presenting the proposals to the CCS school East High School NHS Coat Drive – Linking NHS with our Multiple homophobia, transphobia and sexuality/gender board and its Capital Improvements department. East Loves St. Phillips-Neighbors Helping Disabilities Department by NHS students issues and connecting LGBT youth with West High Recycling Team – Making our school Neighbors – Enhancing our community by collecting coats and MDD students sorting, supporters.Red Cross Blood Drives – Increasing more eco-friendly by seeking advice from continuing a positive relationship with St. cleaning and preparing them for donation to awareness of blood donation benefits and SWACO and CCS’ head custodian and then Joseph’s Clothing and Furniture Ministry. Phillips through stocking, sorting and increasing student leadership in drives through supplying bins for classrooms, gathering and organizing the church’s food pantry. Linden-McKinley STEM Academy gathering appointments, setting up, stocking the disposing recycled materials. Kickball 4 Kindness – Using food items as Art and Service Club – Linking LMSA and the canteen, and cleaning up. Whetstone High School admission for students to participate in a community by creating holiday cards for nursing #What’sNextProject – Creating a mural with Giving Tree – Aiding families in our area unable school-wide kickball game and then home residents, making Christmas stocking positive messages about the values of: cultural to give their children toys, games, books and confidentially giving the items to students in ornaments for local police officers, and painting