1. We are VIPs 1

2. Volunteers In Practice
We’re from Weymouth High School
As VIPs we:
Volunteer our time to help people in our community
Work to inspire others to become volunteers themselves

3. We Run Food Drives

4. Mr. Faria’s 2015 Class

5. Volunteers In Practice
The money we raise from the food drive goes to the Weymouth Food Pantry
2014 we raised $3,300
2015 we raised $5,000
2016 we raised $8,500

6. We Celebrate the High Schoolers Volunteerism6

9. We Celebrate YOUR Volunteerism

10. Weycathlon 2016 Video

11. Who gets to go to Weycathlon 2017?
Students who do great volunteerism!
25 students from this school get to go.
5 students from each grade.

12. Volunteering means that you work to help others.
What is volunteering?
Volunteering means that you work to help others.
It means you lend a helping hand.

13. YOU can volunteer at home
Do a chore without being asked
Bring school supplies in for your teacher
Donate books you’ve outgrown
Do yard work for a neighbor
Read to your younger sibling
Write a thank you note for a soldier
Donate food to the Weymouth Food Pantry
Bring cookies to your custodian
Help put away groceries

14. YOU can volunteer at school
Leave a happy note for a classmate.
Write thank you cards for your bus driver or WeyCare workers
Tell the principal how great your teacher is
Make friends with someone new at school
Make a card to thank last year’s teacher
Help with a classroom chore

15. YOU can volunteer with others
Help with a parent council fundraiser
Run a food drive for the Weymouth Food Pantry
Run a coat drive for Cradles to Crayons
Organize a school clean-up day
Take treats to the local fire station
Write to pen pals through a program like ePals
Collect letters and care package items to send to soldiers through an organization like Operation Gratitude

17. Will you be a VIP? 17

18. Will you do acts of volunteerism!
Make a big deal out of the fact that hey can do something to help. We are here to empower these students to become volunteers.
Will you do acts of volunteerism! 18

20. Growing Volunteerism Challenge
There is a flyer going home in your backpacks today
It explains everything we said
Attached will be a few helping hands
Do acts of volunteerism at home, bring in your hands, and tape them to the tree
School with the most hands wins the service event at Weycathlon 2017
Students with the most hands may get to go to Weycathlon 2017.

21. Let’s Review What is volunteerism? Can you do acts of volunteerism?
Do small acts make a difference?
How can you male your school’s volunteerism tree grow?
How can you help your school win Weycathlon 2017 and maybe even go there?
Who wants to be a VIP?