Historical May 1993 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
On Thursday, April 22, students at Crossroads School participated in their second annual Community Service Day.
This event was created, sponsored, and organized by Crossroads Students for Social Responsibility, a group of students dedicated to positive social action. Teresa Mithen, Cynthia Duffe, and Erin Killy, three juniors from Crossroads, coordinated the half-day event. Students chose among the following community service projects: • Working at the Forest Park Greenhouse • Doing maintenance work at St Louis County Animal Control • Landscaping at Youth Emergency Services • Working with animals at the Open Door Animal Sanctuary • Helping out at life Crisis Center • Playing with and teaching children at various daycare and homeless shelters Painting scenes for a Salvation Army summer camp • Painting and fixing up apartment buildings near the former Pruitt Igoe site • Volunteering at Regional Medical Center and the Red Cross. Students’ reactions were generally positive. Bevin Fahey-Vomberg, a junior who painted at the Salvation Army said, it was even better than last year.” Livi Nandell, a volunteer at Stella Maris daycare raved, “I liked it so much that I would like to work there.” Jeremy Bender, a junior who went to Pruitt Igoe commented, “I had a really good time there, and I actually felt I was doing something useful to the community ” A tenth grader, Shayla Sims, played with children at DeSales Shelter and said, “It was fun; the people were very nice to us; we were very welcome.
The kids were great.” Editor’s Note: Crowe and Mithen are juniors at Crossroads.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, May 1993.
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