Community Service Total: 725 Hours
Community Service Hours are only counted during service learning projects (organized community service projects) and independently. After school program hours are not counted into the club total.
NEW! Click the link below to view the Social Awareness Club Documentary:
Social Awareness Club Documentary
NEW! Click the link below to find out where we are in planning projects for the rest of the school year.
Community Service Tentative Schedule
NEW! Click the link below to see our new Social Awareness Club Art Section.
Events and Initiatives:
Crysalis - Home for Victims of Domestic Abuse:
Project 1: Mother's Day Baskets
For our very first collaborative effort with Crysalis, the Social Awareness Club along with teachers from Atkinson Middle School collected donations and gifts in order to create Mother's Day baskets for the beautiful women of the Phoenix and Scottsdale locations. The women were very surprised and grateful. Words can hardly describe the reaction of the women as we met them on our second project.
Project 2: End of year celebration and Volunteering
In celebration of all of the accomplishments of the students that have participated in the Social Awareness Club events and volunteering opportunities and in association with Crysalis, we were able to have our end of year BBQ with the women, children, and staff of this great organization. We also took this opportunity to work with the children and women of the shelter in creating arts and crafts. In the end, we made great friends and had even better BBQ.
Team Astros / Social Awareness Club Family Night:
Team Astros and the Social Awareness Club put together a Family night that included activities such as Bingo, a kids movie, and student awards for academic and community achievement. The turn-out was great and the premier of the documentary went over well with parents and students alike.
NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness):
March 29th - Phoenix
The walk was amazing! There were people in the thousands and the Social Awareness Club was proud to be represented by fine students and parents! The walk was for mental illness advocacy.
Recycling:
In order to become as "green" as possible, the social awareness club has become involved in a school wide initiative to recycle the school's paper, plastic bottles, and cans.
The schedule for pick-up is as follows:
Friday:
1st Period @ 9am: Rooms 1-11 (Lucero)
2nd Period @10am: Rooms 12-21 (Lucero)
3rd Period: Office, Library, and Copy Area
5th Period @ 1pm: Rooms 22-33 (Andromeda)
7th Period @ 3pm: Rooms 34-43 (Andromeda)
On-Call Room 44 (Lucero)
11:45am - 3pm: 6th Grade Center (Wittwer)
Paper Items Accepted:
1. Newspaper
2. Magazines Catalogs
3. Junk Mail
4. Office and School Papers
5. Envelopes
Items not accepted:
1. CARDBOARD
2. TRASH
3. FOOD CONTAINERS OF ANY TYPE
4. TISSUE
Please email Mr. Lucero if you are not on the list and want to be added
Car Wash:
February 9th: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Proceeds from the carwash will benefit The Social Awareness Club and one of Borman's students that recently lost a close family member.
The Dry-Run Projects:
In order for the club to perfect the art of baking and cooking for future projects, we have scheduled after school meetings that are set up to allow students to try various recipes through trial and error.
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Volunteering @ Andre House Donation Center:
Volunteering @ Andre House (Phoenix)
Saturday, February 2nd and 9th
From 1pm - 4pm
The Quilt Initiative (December 07 - April 08):
The club is designing and constructing a quilt that will be sold online. The quilt consists of squares that were created by club members during our after school program. All of the quilt squares have drawings, quotes, poems, etc with a positive message on them. All of the proceeds will be donated to local, national, and/or international causes.
Crocheting for Hope (February - July 08):
During our after school program and in our spare time, we are crocheting blankets and scarves in many different colors to represent our commitment to understanding and accepting diversity of all forms. All blankets and scarves will be sold online. The proceeds will benefit needy students and families within our school and in the community.
Graffiti Busting:
Saturday, February 23rd
Saturday, March 1st
The Social Awareness Club has again teamed up with the IMPACT program to paint over graffiti in the neighborhood surrounding the school. Graffiti is a huge problem in this area and the club looks forward to making our surrounding area look beautiful once again. This project is slotted for the late part of February and early part of March and we are looking at bringing 40 or more students over the course of two weekends. Approval is pending on being able to have graffiti busting monthly.
UPDATE: During the course of two weekends, the Social Awareness Club and IMPACT program were able to get nearly 90 students to participate in graffiti busting!
Mural Painting (Ongoing 07-08 Academic Year):
Along with the IMPACT program, we will be painting murals around the school and community.
Mural 1: Borman Moon Man (Completed)
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Mural 2: It Takes a Village (In progress)
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We recently completed working on a school themed mural to be placed in the school gym. This mural allowed students the opportunity to develop the skills needed in order to paint later murals.
November 20th - Turkey Day Dance:
Proceeds from the dance went to needy families during the holiday season. The money was used to buy numerous items that made two lucky families unbelievably happy during the holidays. It was an emotional experience that none involved will ever forget...
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Saturday, November 10th and 17th:
Volunteering 8-11am @ St. Mary's Food Bank
November 10th @ 4211 N. 43rd Ave (Phoenix)
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November 17th @ 5605 n. 55th Ave (Glendale)
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October - November:
St. Mary's canned food drive
Along with the Borman IMPACT Program, we were able to donate over 1,000 pounds of canned goods to St. Mary's food banks around the Phoenix area. This along with the volunteer work, we did allowed us to affect the lives of hundreds of people in the valley.
Letters and Holiday Cards to troops (December 07):
This project enabled our students to impact troops past and present. For the project, the club sent out letters to troops that attended the district as well as many others at the Phoenix Veterans Clinic.
See more pictures--> Pictures in action
Contact Us:
Mr. Lucero mrlucero82@gmail.com
