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Gifts of Service
High School
Parish Service
- Teach CCD programs in parishes or serve as teacher assistants
- Volunteer at vacation Bible School
- Act as altar servers
- Assist with the preparation of new altar servers
- Serve as cantors in church choirs
- Sing in their parish choirs
- Assist with parish festivals, setting up booths, running booths and cleaning up
- Assist with custodial care at the Churches
- Assist with baby sitting during events in parishes
Service to the Community
- Work on the Beach Cleanup Project
- Feed the homeless on weekends
- Volunteer at Driscoll Children's Hospital
- Work with the Salvation Army on projects
- Tutor at the Community Center
- Work with the KEDT Membership Drive
- Volunteer at the Texas State Aquarium
- Work with the Community Blood Bank
- Volunteer for animal care at the shelter
- Work at the HEB Christmas Meal for the needy
- Work at Bayfest for their parishes
- Work with the Community Fun Festival
- Act as ushers at the Irish Concert
- Do clerical work for Habitat
- Work at Special Olympics
- Baby-sit for people who cannot afford to pay and need assistance
- Volunteer with the Community Theatre Group
- Volunteer with CCPD National Night Out Safety Service
- Volunteer with Barnes & Noble Gift Wrapping Project during the holidays
Service to the Elderly
- Volunteer to cut grass and care for lawns
- Grocery shop for the elderly
- Help with household chores and clean up
- Visit nursing homes where they read and write letters for the elderly
- Entertain the elderly during special seasons of the year
Campus Volunteer Service
- Tutor peers
- Tutor elementary school children
- Volunteer as teacher assistants
- Volunteer to work at IWA events at night or on the weekends
- Baby-sit for parents so they can attend school events
- Work at school events on and off campus
Middle Level
Gifts of Service
- Collecting Thanksgiving Food Drive and donated to Catholic Charities for families in need
- Donating Christmas presents for children through Toys for Tots project
- National Junior Honor Society members tutor lower grade students
- Take care of the Lost and Found at IWA Middle Level
- Make donations to Hope House
- Make donations to PeeWee's Animal Shelter
- Building scientific collecting gear for the Junior Engineering and Technical Society (JETS) for use by the club for projects, and donating them to the Middle Level Science Department.
- Junior Optimist Club members participating as helpers in the Children's Tent at Harbor Lights
- Adopting a family for Christmas
- Making valentines for cancer patients at Driscoll Children's Hospital
- Participating in roject One and One—bringing one dollar and one selection of clothing or accessories to clothe the needy with money collected going to the Salvation Army and Catholic Charities
- Bringing flowers for presentation at Mass on special feasts
- Collecting gifts for the children of Metro Ministries' Rainbow House
- Altar serving
- Helping in the nursery in parishes
- Helping elderly relatives and neighbors with chores and yard care
- Helping at the elementary level with school carnivals, festivals, school registration, visiting nursing homes and hospitals
- Band and choir perform at nursing homes during the holiday season
Elementary Level and Montessori
Gifts of Service
- Donating items to the Corpus Christi Hope House at our Thanksgiving Service Project
- Delivering turkeys and hams to families in need from Holy Cross Parish
- Fifth graders donating painted flower pots to senior citizens at Mount Carmel Home
- Collecting new toys for the Coastal Bend Area "Toys for Tots"
- Raising money for the St. Jude's Cancer Research Hospital
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