Community Service
At
Hammond, community service is a matter of the heart. Each
grade chooses and organizes volunteer projects every year.
Hammond students enjoy their roles in these projects and often
research worthy causes to bring to the school's attention.
Favorite endeavors include:
- Habitat for Humanity
- Harvest Hope Food bank
- Children's Chance
- Finlay House
- Walk for Diabetes
- Walk for Breast Cancer
- Civinette's Camp
- The Margaret Juan Clinic in Belize, Central America
- The Pencil Project
Through learning about the school community as well as
the larger world, students begin to recognize the contributions
they can make as young leaders.
I am one of the Beta Club members from Hammond
School that helped the Pencil Project greatly. This experience
helping kids around the world that I don't know and probably
never will, meant a great deal to me. My family and I
enjoy
helping charities like the Pencil Project. Hammond School
donated over 17,000 pencils to some kids in South Carolina,
Africa, and Vietnam. When we found out the total, every
person in the room was shocked. We helped 17,000 kids,
put
17,000 more smiles in the world with just pencils. That
was the best part for me. Knowing that kids like me and
my peers could make such a huge difference in the world
helped me realize how fortunate I was and how much more
I could do. Doing good for the community makes me feel
great that I helped people.
Sincerely,
Margaret T
