The Doyon Early Act Team Hosts the Ipswich Rotary Club
On Thursday, June 2nd, the Doyon Early Act Team hosted a meeting of the Ipswich Rotary Club. The Early Act Team is a group of 37 4th and 5th graders who work on community service projects with the help of Rotary mentors and teacher mentors. Each year the Ipswich Rotary Club holds one of its meetings at Doyon to allow the students to participate in a Rotary meeting and allow the Rotarians to hear about the students projects for the year.
At the meeting this year, the Doyon Early Act students were able to hear from two Interact students from Ipswich High School. (Interact is the High School version of Early Act.) The Early Act students were excited to hear that they will be able to continue their community service work with the Ipswich Rotary Club when they get to high school!
Then the Doyon Early Act students described the projects they worked on this year:
Local Project -Volunteering at the Ipswich Dinnerbell: The Dinnerbell is an organization that provides free community meals to the greater Ipswich community. Earlier this spring, the students helped to prepare, serve meals, and clean up. They also got to have some good conversations with the diners.
National Project - Project Smile: In January, the Early Act Team organized a book and stuffed animal drive for a group called Project Smile. Project Smile is an organization that donates stuffed animals and children's books to local police and fire departments. Police officers, fire-fighters and paramedics give them to children involved in difficult situations. As an added bonus, on the day of the drive, they sponsored a school-wide “Drop Everything and Read...in your Pajamas!" The whole school got to wear pajamas and we had a half hour where everyone in the building stopped to read.
Global Project - Clean Water: The students were lucky to learn about this cause from Sister Leonore of the Sisters of Notre Dame when she came to an Early Act Team meeting in January. The students learned about the importance of clean water. They also learned how they could make a difference by helping to provide clean water to people around the world who may not have access to it. The students decided to make clean water their fundraising cause for this year. The Doyon Early Act Team had their annual Movie Night in April where they showed two movies and sold goodies. Kids of all ages came to watch the movies and donate to a good cause - clean water. The students also made flyers about the benefits of clean water efforts throughout the world. They raised an amazing $1,147 to benefit the Sisters of Notre Dame’s water purification program in Nigeria and Congo using PUR packets. At Thursday's meeting, the Doyon Early Act Team presented Sister Leonore with a check for $1,147 to benefit this important cause. Since the PUR packets cost about $0.10 each, the Doyon Early Act Team has provided enough money for 11,470 PUR packets to help bring clean water to people in Nigeria and Congo!
The Doyon Early Act Team is grateful to their Rotarian Mentors: Steve Roge and Mark Warner for all of their support this year. We look forward to working the Ipswich Rotary Club again next year.
On Thursday, June 2nd, the Doyon Early Act Team hosted a meeting of the Ipswich Rotary Club. The Early Act Team is a group of 37 4th and 5th graders who work on community service projects with the help of Rotary mentors and teacher mentors. Each year the Ipswich Rotary Club holds one of its meetings at Doyon to allow the students to participate in a Rotary meeting and allow the Rotarians to hear about the students projects for the year.
At the meeting this year, the Doyon Early Act students were able to hear from two Interact students from Ipswich High School. (Interact is the High School version of Early Act.) The Early Act students were excited to hear that they will be able to continue their community service work with the Ipswich Rotary Club when they get to high school!
Then the Doyon Early Act students described the projects they worked on this year:
Local Project -Volunteering at the Ipswich Dinnerbell: The Dinnerbell is an organization that provides free community meals to the greater Ipswich community. Earlier this spring, the students helped to prepare, serve meals, and clean up. They also got to have some good conversations with the diners.
National Project - Project Smile: In January, the Early Act Team organized a book and stuffed animal drive for a group called Project Smile. Project Smile is an organization that donates stuffed animals and children's books to local police and fire departments. Police officers, fire-fighters and paramedics give them to children involved in difficult situations. As an added bonus, on the day of the drive, they sponsored a school-wide “Drop Everything and Read...in your Pajamas!" The whole school got to wear pajamas and we had a half hour where everyone in the building stopped to read.
Global Project - Clean Water: The students were lucky to learn about this cause from Sister Leonore of the Sisters of Notre Dame when she came to an Early Act Team meeting in January. The students learned about the importance of clean water. They also learned how they could make a difference by helping to provide clean water to people around the world who may not have access to it. The students decided to make clean water their fundraising cause for this year. The Doyon Early Act Team had their annual Movie Night in April where they showed two movies and sold goodies. Kids of all ages came to watch the movies and donate to a good cause - clean water. The students also made flyers about the benefits of clean water efforts throughout the world. They raised an amazing $1,147 to benefit the Sisters of Notre Dame’s water purification program in Nigeria and Congo using PUR packets. At Thursday's meeting, the Doyon Early Act Team presented Sister Leonore with a check for $1,147 to benefit this important cause. Since the PUR packets cost about $0.10 each, the Doyon Early Act Team has provided enough money for 11,470 PUR packets to help bring clean water to people in Nigeria and Congo!The Doyon Early Act Team is grateful to their Rotarian Mentors: Steve Roge and Mark Warner for all of their support this year. We look forward to working the Ipswich Rotary Club again next year.