At Common Heart, student volunteers mix
in easily with their adult counterparts. It's not uncommon to see
middle, high school or college students packing food boxes or
processing thrift store donations with volunteers who are old enough
to be their parents or grandparents.
And that's just the way community
service should look, Executive Director Keith Adams said.
“We like seeing different generations
serving together. It really helps emphasize our mission of creating a
community – from students to seniors and everyone in between –
that cares about serving our neighbors in need,” he said. “We are
a community serving together to 'encourage a small revolution of
kindness.'”
Many schools require community service
hours and those can be achieved by volunteering at Common Heart,
which provides proof of hours served. We also help local
students and young adults who are required to perform community
service hours to satisfy a court sentence for minor charges.
Helping with that effort is Project
Challenge, of Monroe, which regularly provides volunteers for our Common Cupboard at Mill Grove Monday night pantry in Hemby Bridge.
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