EPIC Presentation

For more information about EPIC and Boston Serve, please scan through Jeff Lafata's PowerPoint presentation from morning meeting.

https://docs.google.com/a/pingree.org/file/d/0BwEAOjaejDwjMlJFTkliZzRkR0U

To sign up for this event, visit the Boston Serve page, or talk with our student leaders Lauren Menzie and Niki Bothwick. The registration cost is $35 and there is access funding available!

Jeff Lafata of EPIC to visit Pingree

On Monday, September 29 Jeff Lafata, founder and director of EPIC (Empowering People for Inclusive Communities) will visit morning meeting to talk about his organization as well as the Boston Serve event taking place on November 8.

Pursuit Team visits The Open Door in Gloucester

On Friday, September 19th, Pingree's Pursuit Team visited The Open Door as part of an ongoing service project. The Open Door, located in Gloucester, serves five nutritious meals a week to anyone in need of food or companionship. In addition, they operate a food pantry, Mobile Market, and grow much of their own produce.

Led by coaches Sarah Carpenter and Kerri McKie, the Pingree Pursuit team divided into three groups - kitchen, food pantry, and garden. The gardeners harvested bags of green beans, cucumbers, and red peppers as well as learned about the role that Food Corps (a division of Americorps) plays in alleviating hunger in the United States.

In the food pantry, students separated and bagged frozen fish sticks (donated by Gloucester company Gorton's Seafood), and in the kitchen students peeled, chopped, and roasted root vegetables. The aromas were fantastic!

Zac Lukegord '16

We are grateful to our energetic hosts at the Open Door and look forward to returning for at least two more visits.

Catherine Mawn-Mahlau '15 

Pingree and Boston Serve

Anyone who is interested in participating in Boston Serve is encouraged to visit the Pingree & Boston Serve page of the blog and register for our team. Keep in mind that registration is $25 (access funding is available!). Also remember that space is limited (we can't take more than 28 students).

The Founder and Executive Director of EPIC Jeff Lafata will be visiting Pingree during morning meeting on September 29 to talk about his organization, as well as the activities we can expect for Boston Serve.

For more details, please visit the Pingree & Boston Serve page on this blog, where you will also find a link for registration.

Sign up to volunteer at the Special Olympics

Please visit the Special Olympics 2014 page in order to sign up for a volunteer shift.

Special Olympics coming to Pingree!

On Sunday, October 5 the qualifying soccer rounds for Special Olympics Massachusetts will be held on Pingree campus - volunteers are essential to making this event run smoothly.

Please check back soon for details from our student leaders Kirby Heffrin, Cassidy Assad, Mollie Smith and Susie Polese.

9th Grade Stewardship sign-up!

On Thursday, September 11 during Class Meeting, freshmen will be signing up for their stewardship placements. In order to preview the opportunities available, visit the 9th Grade Stewardship page.

Welcome!

Thank you for visiting Pingree's Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Blog!

This blog is an opportunity for Pingree to share with members of the community the many elements of our Service-learning and civic engagement program - updates on service opportunities, reflections from students, connections to our partner organizations, thought-provoking articles, pictures and more.

Please visit regularly to find out what's going on. We are looking forward to an exciting 2014-2015! 

 

Members of the Pingree Football team contribute to playground construction in Ipswich
Fall 2013