See It: The Community being helped

Oxford High School's Helping Hands, is a group dedicated to improving our community. We participate in progams such as, Make a Wish and Relay-for-Life. Our local activities are Make-a-Difference Day and recently, the Spirit of Giving Luncheon. This event was a great success and many of our members participated. Also, other Helping Hand's members were in the community working with organizations such as Neighborhood Services. Our members give their time and effort because they care about their community and those in need. Not only the kids give 100% but so do our committee and supervisors, Ms. Manniso and Ms. Mavrelos. Our many events and programs would not run smoothly without their help. So far this has already become our busiest and most successful year and we hope it continues. Soon we will have Earth Day which is one of our biggest and most exciting events.

See It: The Community being helped

For my girl scout gold award project I planned to restore two jungle gyms that were built at a ball field close to my community. These jungle gyms were previously built by my two cousins and my sister. The jungle gyms were vandalized over the past summer and were in desperate need of repair.
These jungle gyms were first built in 1997 and 2000. i assembled and hung ten new swings, including a baby swing. I replaced two cracked and broken slides, replaced the play accessories, which included two telescopes, one steering wheel, and handles for the kids to climb onto the jungle gym.
One of the jungle gyms had a climbing wall attached to it that I restored. I also built a new addition to the other jungle gym which was a set of monkey bars. I built two roofs on top of one jungle gym allowing shade for the kids if they wanted it.

I learned alot from this project. Some of the things I learned was to have patience with my parents, who helped me with my project. I utilized measurement and math skills to figure out how uch wood i would need to rebuild the jungle gyms. I learned carpentry skills from my dad. Utilized time management skills to coordinate and organize, and complete the repairs to the jungle gym.

See It: The Community being helped

Our MISSION is to provide a strong foundation for future generations by providing ALL children with an alternative to drugs, alcohol, crime, gangs and the streets, promote the importance of school, self-esteem, self-respect, respect for others and their community, and strengthen the goals and values that will lead them to a successful future. We are a special kind of BMX racing team. Members join and sign a Code of Conduct contract. Equipment, ABA membership fees and track racing fees are either paid for by the parents or through a scholarship from the team based upon family income and size. At the end of a year, if the member has followed the code, maintained good grades in school and showed the sportsmanship and dedication required, they are given their bike, uniform, helmet and asked to join for another year. Some of our children have special needs and may be troubled youth. Any violations to the code are handled on an individual basis, as are grade requirements in school. If a child is having trouble in school, we will try to help with tutoring to raise their grade average. There is a Zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol. We are looking for adults who love children and want to help us provide them with the skills that will lead them to a successful future. All volunteers must be willing to submit to a background check (for the safety of both the volunteers and the children). It would be beneficial if the volunteers participated in adult moto classes at the BMX track and knew bike maintenance. You can learn more about us, how we started and why we are forming our team by viewing our web page at: http://sponsorhouse.loopd.com/Members/ExtremeStrengthBMX/Home.aspx We have wonderful sponsors that are helping us get started. Some great BMX companies are offering us equpment at substantial discounts. We want to create teams of 10 members with 2 adult volunteers per team. We started our first team on July 1 and we are preparing to start our second team. We sincerely hope that the success we are seeing in our own community will spread to other communities and race tracks, and they will join us, spreading our team across the country. We hope you will join us in helping children to become successful adults while enjoying their childhood. If you have any questions we can answer, please feel free to contact us at . We'd love to hear from you.