NHS Fall Newsletter

On Tuesday, November 18, the new members of National Honor Society were inducted into the chapter. A special thanks to the induction committee for putting together the event!

Faisal Al Rashid is volunteering as a Tech Help at Paul Pratt Memorial Library to assist all library patrons with their phones, laptops, and other technology needs.

Kyle McSweeney is working with kids at RISE who are not able to go home right after school. He has been helping out with activities such as drawing, playing outside, and helping them line up when going from place to place.

Nora has been working with the Cohasset Food Pantry to bag produce weekly for those who request it. These produce bags with a large variety of fruits and vegetables get combined with dry goods for weekly local deliveries.

For his ISP, Ian Kondrat has recently have been promoting and transporting donations from Saint Anthony's Church to the Cohasset Food Pantry.

Mia Peeples, Nora Elwell, Oliver Henry, Charlotte Gallagher, Grace Kiernan, and Liv Appel participated in food packaging for End Hunger New England. End Hunger works provide meals to communities in need throughout the New England region and has counterparts throughout other regions as well. Groups worked in 2 hour shifts on assembly lines to fill and package meals that were then sent out to food pantries or community centers to be given out. In a two hour shift, it is possible to feed over 8,000 people.

Seniors Lennox Wrixon and Noella Moscerdelli spent their Friday afternoon at Holly Hill Farm tending to produce and collecting vegetables for Cohasset Food Pantry.

NHS members supported the Beechwood Association's mission to host a fall festival for local community members! They arrived an hour early to help set up games, tables, and food for the event. Throughout the festival, members interacted with children, helped them with games, and made sure things were running smoothly.

Luke Sebestyen and Nicholas Askjaer cleared the main path in Wheelwright park of leaves sticks and rubble with a leaf-blower and rake.

Timothy Donovan volunteered to help organize and set up the Veterans Day ceremony. This included putting up many state flags around the memorial, setting up and taking down chairs, and preparing the sound system so that the speeches could be heard throughout the event.

If you are an organization looking for volunteers to address a need in the community, please reach out to nhs@cohassetk12.org.

Created by:

Amanda Fox

Director of Communications

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