Service means you see a need and fill it.
In order to do true service, you look at the world around you, see something that needs to be done and you do it. You don't wait for someone else to ask you to do it, you just do. This is what true service is... If it is a requirement, or if it is asked of you, then you are not doing service. It's time to stand up, open your eyes and look around, so you can "be the change you want to see in the world" (Ghandi).
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Fantastic Service - This is what I hope to accomplish with our NHS!
- “Fill the Bus”: NHS members at Centralia (IL) HS used a school bus to meet their goal for their 2011 food drive. The student body filled the bus with more than 8,900 food items and an additional $3,000 was collected and donated to the local food bank and the Salvation Army.
- Honorary Honors: In addition to inducting new members to their chapter last fall, the NHS chapter at Stoughton (MA) HS added a new tradition: Inducting the keynote speaker for their ceremony as an honorary member of the chapter. Presenters from the past six years were also invited to the induction and given honorary membership.
- Powerful Pennies: Students at Franklin High in Reisterstown, MD, asked their peers to donate their loose change to charity on Penny Wednesdays held during the month of November. Chapter members solicited change through personal appeals during homeroom and raised more than $600 to donate to several charities.
- Homebuilding 101: The NHS chapter at Aurora (OH) HS helped build a home with Habitat for Humanity. NHS members lent their time and talents to completing the home for a single-parent family in Middlefield.
- Salvation Service in Salisbury: In December, NHS members from Wicomico HS in Salisbury, MD, were joined by their peers in the JROTC program to hand out boxes of food and bags of toys and Christmas stockings at the local Salvation Army facility. More than 300 families were served thanks to the assistance of these caring students.
- Big Things From Small Chapters: Farson is a small rural community in southwestern Wyoming. Despite having only six members, the Farson-Eden NHS accomplished amazing things last semester. They conducted a silent auction and raised $1,200 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation—that’s $200 per member. They volunteered with the Adopt-a-Highway cleanup, provided secret Santa gifts and wrapping services for the needy in their community, helped the school's PTO run their concession stand, promoted Random Acts of Kindness Week, and sponsored a blood drive. In addition to collecting eyeglasses, they collected more than 2,000 movies, DVDs, and CDs to send to troops serving overseas. Their adviser summed it up well, “These are amazing students who have accomplished much in such a small town.”