Helping Hands

Once again, students from Paschal High School are making a difference in Tarrant County. This month, the students served at Como Community Center by organizing a food pantry and cleaning and organizing an office storage room.

Students organizing the food pantry

The pantry is organized!

Students sorting and organizing the office storage room supplies


A student organizing the office storage room


The office is organized!

There is No I in Team!

Students from Paschal High School served at the Camp Fire USA First Texas Council Diamond Hill Station Location on Saturday, November 5, 2011 as the first Saturday Service Project with Youth Volunteer Corps.

Happy Volunteering!

Students organizing and cleaning the storage shed

The new storage shed!

Pulling weeds in the flower boxes

Turning over the mulch on the playground

Girls helping turn the mulch

Make A Difference Day with Christian Community Action!

Volunteers from across Collin County came out and helped make a difference in their community! Volunteers sorted and organized donated goods in two resale stores as part of Christian Community Action in Carrollton and Lewisville.

Volunteers putting up new shelves and organzing items

Volunteers making a difference in Lewisville

Volunteer organizing donated books in Lewisville

Volunteers sorting donated goods in Carrollton

Thank you for making a difference!

Thank you to the Allen Young Single Adult Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the rest of the volunteers. As a result of your efforts, Christian Community Action's resale stores are sorted, organized, and ready to benefit those in need living in Collin County. We could not have done this without you. Thank you for giving your time and wanting to make a difference in your community!

Seeds of Change

Week Three:

Gadening All Year Long with CitySquare.

Danyel and Grace



Danyel, Amanda and Caitlyn

Jonathan and Rogelio hard at work

Seeds of Change with Texas Trees Foundation

The day begins with a strong circle

Ben, hard at work!

Kara, Taylor, Arthi, Archana and Ryan

Arthi and Archana

Again, everybody braving the heat!

Did you know?

• Every 1,000 urban trees we plant will save our region more than a million dollars in storm water management, pollution abatement, and energy costs.

• Starbucks will give you their extra, used coffee grounds to add to your garden?

• City trees are fifteen times more capable of reducing carbon in the atmosphere than rural trees.
• Our youth volunteers helped CitySquare by building a compost pile complete with watermelon rinds and corn cobs
• Our youth volunteers serving Texas Trees completed a month's worth of work that the usual staff would have had to do by themselves!

Time flies when serving our community!

Week Two:

Students served at the CitySquare thrift store and the Volunteer Center of North Texas Donated Goods center Monday through Friday mornings. Then, everybody came together for Flashback Friday to reflect and celebrate an incredible week of service by having lots of FUN!

Donated Goods

Arthi and Archana straightening shoes

Anthony comforting a stuffed animal

City Square Thrift Store

Danyel sorting clothes

Matthew sorting and hanging clothes


Flashback Friday!

Measuring our Carbon Footprint

Arthi and Archana maneuvering through the Mine Field

All Week 2 Youth Volunteers!

Check back soon for more updates while we capture our Summer of Service!

2011 Summer of Service BEGINS!!

It's official folks - our 2nd Annual Summer of Service is HERE! Students from across the Dallas area have come together to make a difference at area nonprofits. Leading our youth this summer is an incredible group of Team Leaders.

Leading the pack is our 2011 Summer of Service Coordinator, Rachel:



Meet our AMAZING Team Leaders....Allison:



Amanda:



Jonathan:



Kara:



This week students have served at two nonprofits in Dallas, completing service each morning led by their Team Leaders (TL). When students arrive to the project, they are greeted by their TL's in "First Cicle". This is where they can review the schedule for the day, make sure everyone is ready for a morning of service, and participate in a few fun "energizers" to get things going! Then students serve all morning, each day Monday - Thursday. On Fridays, everyone comes together at the Volunteer Center for a day of REFLECTION, CELEBRATION, and FUN.

Meet some of our students from our first week!
Anthony:



Ben:



Danyel:



Grace:



Matthew:



Check back every few days to learn more about our youth volunteers are up to this summer!

Roll Up Your Sleeves...2011 Summer of Service Begins!

The Youth Volunteer Corps of North Texas is very excited to host 2011 Summer of Service. We have finished our first week of powerful service as our youth volunteers served at C.C. Young Retirement Home and the CitySquare thrift store.












Throughout the week, students learned many new things from our agencies including....

Wheelchair safety

and the efficiency of the assembly lines!

We celebrated the volunteer's week of dedication and service and reflected on their week during Flashback Friday! We discussed citizenship and identified attributes of model citizens in each other.

Check out our group shots here as our volunteers take a break from working hard!

C.C. Young Youth Volunteers

CitySquare Youth Volunteers