1. National Junior Beta Club
Lost Mountain Middle School
Sponsors: Betsy Sanford, Marla Welsh, Sue O’Neil, Amanda Wilhelm
Thursday, August 23, 2018 Meeting Notes

2. What is Beta? A national honor society
7th or 8th grade students
Must maintain an A/B average throughout the school year.
Register online at the club website
Motto: “Leadership through Service”
Complete 20 volunteer service hours for the school year.
Cost to Join = $20.00

3. Beta Communications Meetings – 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month
8:15 am, classroom 707
LMMS National Junior Beta Club website -
Remind – join the text message

4. Service Project Ideas @ School
Teacher Service
Working in teacher classrooms
Recycling Pick Up
Working with Healthy Habits and the MOID class to collect recycling
Soda can tab top collection for the Ronald McDonald House Charity
Bring your tab tops to meetings or add them to the containers in the commons
Arts/crafts service projects completed at monthly Beta meetings.
Example: blanket tying for Calvary Children’s Home
Sign Up Genius for monthly donations and service
Assisted living, community services, local pet shelters

5. Service Project Ideas Outside of School
Your favorite volunteer spot
Local charities
Local churches
Local assisted living homes
Local pet shelters
Local elementary schools 9fairs, festivals)
Local high schools
Kemp Elementary School Reading Club coming soon!

6. Operation Shoebox All donations due Wednesday 9/19/18
Turn in to room 707
To see a list of items to donate, go to
Scroll over “volunteers”
Scroll over “how you can help”
Click on “care packages”

7. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others
-Mahatma Ghandi
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
-John F. Kennedy