Community Service Learning Day - Clayton County Board of Health

Clayton Can Soar to the Top (CCST) Program
Alpha Fowler Bryan, MD, District Health Director
1117 Battle Creek Road, Jonesboro, GA 30236
Phone: (678) 610-2220 Fax: (770) 603-4872
Clayton County Youth Participated in “Community Service Learning Day”
on Saturday February 22
(March 10, 2014) – Participants in Clayton County’s Teen Outreach Program® (TOP) Clubs
participated in Community Service Learning (CSL) Day on Saturday, February 22, 2014 from
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Forest Park High School. During the event, over 130 youth from 14
local TOP® Clubs made a positive impact on the community by participating in one of three
activities:
• Removing trash from Forest Park neighborhoods;
• Creating “Thank You” treats for special people/groups; and
• Creating “Care Kits” for groups/organizations in need.
Those benefitting from the work of CSL Day were invited to receive their gifts/donations directly
from the teens who created them. Those benefiting from the efforts of the TOP® Club
participants include: bus drivers and monitors, custodians, cafeteria workers, bookkeepers, and
guidance counselors from Clayton County Public Schools; law enforcement officials; Clayton
County Fire and Emergency Services; Calvary Refuge Center; and Sconiers Homeless
Preventive Organization, Inc.
“Our youth coordinated and prepared for their CSL Day activities for several weeks,” said CCST
Program Manager Rolanda Patrick. “We are extremely proud of their hard work and creativity
and believe that these activities helped them recognize the importance of serving others.”
TOP® is an evidence-based program that promotes positive youth development and healthy life
choices by engaging teens in curriculum-guided discussions and service learning throughout the
school year. The program is designed to help teens acquire the skills needed for positive
outcomes and successful transitions into adulthood. Funded by a five-year grant from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Adolescent Health, TOP® is implemented
through the Clayton County Board of Health’s (CCBOH) Clayton Can Soar to the Top (CCST)
initiative.
For more information about CSL Day, please contact Michelle Batts at (678)-479-2206 or
[email protected].
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CSL Day Photos
Pointe South Middle School TOP® Club students prepare
"Thank You" cards for their school’s custodians, cafeteria
workers, guidance counselors, and bookkeeper.
Meche from the Mundy’s Mill Middle School TOP®
Club shows off her specially designed ‘care kit’
that will be filled with toiletries for those at
Sconiers Homeless Preventive Organization, Inc.
Participants in the Mundy’s Mill Middle School TOP® Club
design unique ‘care kits’ for the homeless.
Forest Park Middle School TOP®
Club students prepare "Thank You"
cards for Calvary Refuge Center.
Students from the Love Involves Family Everyday (L.I.F.E.)
TOP® Club write personalized “Thank You” messages on
treats for Clayton County Public Schools bus drivers and
monitors.
Students from Pointe South Middle School’s TOP® Club
created tasty packages of baked goods to say “Thank You”
to their school’s custodians, cafeteria workers, guidance
counselors, and bookkeeper.
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CSL Day Photos
Elizabeth Burnette, a bookkeeper from Pointe South Middle
School, receives an armful of handmade “Thank You” gifts
from members of the Pointe South Middle School TOP®
Club.
Members of the Love Involves Family Everyday (L.I.F.E.)
TOP® Club presented a unique, candy-filled “Thank You” to
Clayton County Public Schools bus drivers.
Students from the Pointe South Middle School TOP® Club
take extra care in packaging tasting “Thank You” treats for
their school’s custodians, cafeteria workers, guidance
counselors, and bookkeeper.
Students from the Pointe South Middle School TOP® Club
take extra care in packaging tasty “Thank You” treats for
their school’s custodians, cafeteria workers, guidance
counselors, and bookkeeper.
Kajzah from the Pointe South Middle School TOP® Club is
proud of one of the handmade flowers that will be
presented as a “Thank You” to the school secretaries.
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CSL Day Photos
Kiana from the Mundy’s Mill Middle School TOP® Club
shows off the care kit she designed for the homeless. The
kit that will contain toiletry items reads, “Everything in this
bag will better your heart.”
Students from the Mundy’s Mill Middle School TOP® Club
make sure that their individually designed care kits for the
homeless are filled with toiletry items.
TOP® Club participants from TIME-ER, Inc. prepare to clean
trash and debris from a Forest Park neighborhood.
Members of the Clayton Community Service
Board TOP® Club pick up trash and debris
from a Forest Park neighborhood.
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