SkillsUSA SkillsUSA Champions Fall 2009 : Page 25
spotlight SPARe ChANGe STReTCheS FAR iN CANCeR FiGhT tudents at John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center in New Cumberland, W.Va., participate in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s “Pennies for Patients” program. In this community service project, the students donate their spare change to fund blood cancer research and patient aid programs. Led by the chapter president, Miranda Durbin, students are encouraged to donate at least one penny to the cause. “I think this is a really great program. I’ve known several families, including my own, who have been assisted by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and I have the utmost respect and admiration for their advocacy,” says Durbin. S Expressing gratitude with dinners A • t Greater New Bedford (Mass.) Regional Voca-tional-Technical High School, SkillsUSA students show their gratitude to those in the local Veterans Transition Home by cooking and serving turkey dinners. Students join the staff of the facility to provide hundreds of pounds of cooked turkey to area veterans and their families. Of course, no dinner this size would be complete without gallons of gravy, plus side dishes and pie. Sarah Lopes (above) , a member of the SkillsUSA American Spirit team with Jonathan Alves and Kassandra Pombo, enlisted the help of the school’s culinary arts department to prepare the turkeys and help serve the meals. Lopes and her team also reached out to the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, a New Bedford civic group, which donated the turkeys. • They’re making holidays bright As a memorial to drafting student M. Shane Willis, who passed away Sharing comfort food Involving classmates in the Des Moines, Iowa, community, Central Campus culinary students Tori Stifel and Tory Stodden (pictured, left and center) make meals for families staying at the local Ronald McDonald House. The facility offers rooms for families of pediatric patients at a nearby hospital. With a local grocery store’s contributions — and a local chef’s mentoring — students delivered easy-to-heat meals to accom-modate families in stressful situations. several years ago, the SkillsUSA chapter at Moultrie (Ga.) Technical College holds an annual holiday toy drive. The toys and monetary donations are collected from students, staff and faculty. Donations benefit the Colquitt County Christmas Cheer Toy Shop and the pediatric ward at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Pictured from left are the college’s SkillsUSA state officer, Shannon Green, and local officers Simmie Hall and Christopher Zeigler. • • 25 Fall 2009 SkillsUSA Champions
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