Volunteers in Action!
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2023 Varsity Letter in Community Service Awards
Congratulations to our 2023 Varsity Letter in Community Service recipients, who have volunteered more than 250 hours during high school. This year, nine students earned this award: Sopeara Chay, Celeste Martin, Alejandra Plascencia, and Michaela Renick of North Thurston, Maria Cassandra Claudio, Lacey Hunt, and Logan Hunt of River Ridge, and Madison Hehemann and Jenna Nguyen of Timberline! Read about their amazing volunteer work! >>
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NTPS Loves Volunteers!
Have you seen volunteers doing amazing things are your school? Email volunteersupport@nthurston.k12.wa.us and tell us about it, and we'll post it here for everyone to see.
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Volunteering with NTPS in Thurston Talk
We have a wide variety of volunteer opportunities in our district! Learn more about our new and expanding volunteer programs for individuals and groups - including mentoring, reading, athletics, and more! Read the article >>
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Kudos to the Horizons K-Kids!
The Horizons Elementary K-Kids Club has been busy this school year! Students kicked off the year with an anti-bullying campaign, organized multiple donation events (from food to school supplies to dog toys!), created thoughtful, handmade items to share in the community, cleaned up their school campus, and more! Read more & see project photos >>
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Julie Davis Shines in the Seven Oaks Art Room
Julie Davis has been volunteering in the art room at Seven Oaks Elementary for more than 18 years! She says helping students with art restores her mind, heart, and overall wellbeing. Read more & see photos from Seven Oaks >>
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Mountain View's Walking School Bus
Mountain View Elementary brought together students, staff, family and community volunteers, and Lacey police officers for a fun and safe walk to school the morning of March 9, 2022. Read more & see photos from Mountain View >>
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Teen Tech Genius Intergenerational Volunteer Event
NTPS high school students volunteered their time on December 1, 2021 at the Jubilee Lodge in Lacey at the district’s first intergenerational Teen Tech Genius program! The students helped coach senior citizens on how to navigate social media and answered questions about everything from podcasts to Zoom to Facebook! See photos >>
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Remembering Volunteer Fran Volkhardt
NTPS would like to recognize Fran Volkhardt for her exceptional volunteer service in our district. Fran passed away in Spring 2021 and leaves a legacy of encouragement and service to our students at Timberline HS and the FYR Center. Learn more about Fran's work >>
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Dedicated Volunteer Pen Pal Mary Bartholomew
Staying connected during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been easy. Thanks to volunteer Mary Bartholomew, three Meadows Elementary students have had a pen pal during remote learning. Mary has written more than 75 letters to her student pen pals this school year! Read about Mary's experience as a pen pal >>
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Orchestra Mentors are Building Community Virtually
A group of secondary orchestra students are spending their Friday afternoons helping 5th graders learn their new instruments in virtual small groups. Read more about the creative new orchestra mentoring program>>
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Dedicated FYR Center Volunteers are helping from home!
A huge thank you to Family & Youth Resource Center volunteers, Amy Smith and Suzanne McKinley! They have both served as committed volunteers at the center since it opened in 2019 - and this year, they are helping from home. Read more about how Amy & Suzanne are helping >>
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Remembering Volunteer Tom Fell
NTPS would like to recognize Tom Fell for his exceptional volunteer service in our district. Tom passed away in October of 2020 and leaves a strong legacy of service to our district and community. Learn more about Tom's work >>
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Remote Volunteering Pen Pals Project
Meadows Elementary students and volunteers are staying connected through the challenges of 2020 by writing letters to one another as Pen Pals. Beginning in June as a way for volunteers to remotely support the school community, a total of 25 pen pals began exchanging cards, letters, and drawings every week or two. Over 150 letters have been exchanged in the 4 months since, and the project is expanding soon to Lydia Hawk! See more about pen pals here >>
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Carols & Cookies with Horizons Student Volunteers
Some of our youngest student volunteers spread holiday cheer at Woodland Retirement Community this December! Members of the Horizons Elementary Junior Key Club, led by advisor and music teacher, Jane Stillman, joined Woodland residents for an hour of carols and cookies. See more pics from carols & cookies >>
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Thank You Fun Run Volunteers!
Thank you to our PTAs and parent volunteers for organizing fun run fundraisers at 6 elementary schools this fall. Students had a blast running and dancing around their schools while volunteers cheered them on, kept them hydrated, and tied their shoes! More pics from the Fun Run >>
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Green Family Volunteers at Seven Oaks
A big thank you to Seven Oaks Elementary parent volunteers, George & Loree Green! They have been recognized by their school for their outstanding volunteer commitment over the last 3 years. More pics of George & Loree at work >>
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Lacey Lions Serve at Health Screenings
Thank you to all three Lacey Lions Clubs for helping at our elementary and middle school health screenings this fall. We appreciate your commitment to serve NTPS schools through this activity each year. Thank you also to the many parent and community volunteers who stepped in to help with the busy days of screening activities. Together they served over 600 hours across 18 schools!
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Thank You Book Fair Volunteers!
NTPS volunteers donated over 700 hours of time staffing book fairs across the district during our October conference week. Thank you for helping encourage a love of reading in all of our students!
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Back to School work party at Lakes & Mountain View Elementary
Thank you to True Grace Church, school staff, students and the PTSA for working hard this August to get Mountain View and Lakes all spruced up for back to school! See more pics of their hard work >>
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