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By Caroline Monday
Watauga County youth will mix
service with fun on April 26 at Mountain Alliance’s
Youth Service Day. Photo submitted |
Mountain Alliance members will be taking the organization’s
commitment to service countywide next month, and youth throughout
the county are invited to join in.
The organization will host a Youth Service Day on Saturday, April
26.
Students in the eighth through 12th grade are invited to register
for the day of fun and service. They can find registration forms
at the Mountain Alliance office or at the main office of their
respective schools. Those interested must register by April 18.
Watauga County youth will not be the only ones to serve there
communities that weekend. April 25 through 27 has been named Global
Youth Service Day, with millions of young people around the world
participating.
Mountain Alliance’s service day will concentrate on the needs
of individuals and nonprofit groups throughout the county. The
exact projects in which participants will take part, however,
are a surprise. Participants will not find out what they will
be doing until they arrive at the site.
The group of students planning the event said they want eighth
graders to get involved in the service day, so that they could
start to become oriented with high school and with Mountain Alliance.
“We want to show that community service is something fun
you can do with your friends,” Meg Holden, a member of the
planning team, said.
The organization has held service days in the past, but this event
will be the first in several years, Mountain Alliance executive
director Todd Nolt said. He noted that the day of service is entirely
youth planned. “I knew we had a great group of students who
were capable of planning it,” he said.
Mountain Alliance is a nonprofit organization serving high school-aged
residents of Watauga County through service and leadership-building
projects, which concentrate on environmental stewardship and outdoor
adventure. They operate in close partnership with Watauga County
Schools. For more information about Mountain Alliance, go online
to mountainalliance.org.
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