Community Service Projects Outlined

 

 

 

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Ongoing Projects:

 

 Freshman class: Serving dinners at Shelter for the Homeless in Stamford, CT. Two Tuesdays each month.

                 Sophomore class: Visiting children at Kids in Crisis in Cos Cob, CT, every Thursday evening
               Junior class: Tutoring at T. Edison School in Port Chester, NY, every Tuesday afternoon. Greeting Pre-                                 Schoolers each morning.
           Senior class: Tutoring at Hamilton Ave School in Greenwich, CT, e very Wednesday.

                                Greeting Lower Schoolers every morning. 

 

Volunteer efforts: Midnight Runs, Pizza Sales, Bake Sales and Free Dress Days (several times a year) 

 

 Annual Projects:

 

 

October	November	December	January
	- Book Fair, volunteers  (BPA)
- Senior Fair, volunteers	- Food Drive, volunteers	- Kettle Drive, volunteers	- Tsunami Relief Fundraising
(Greenwich Health Dept)	(Brunswick LS, Neighbor to Neighbor)	(Salvation Army)	(Hebron Orphanage and American Red Cross)
- The Conference to Keep Kids Safe, volunteer.	- Turkey Drive, all students	- Holidays/Christmas project, all students
(Kids in Crisis)	- Children's Clothing Drive , 11th gr. volunteers
- Bear Fair, 9th gr. Class & volunteers (BPA)	(T. Edison School)
- Wick-Walk Run, 11th gr. class volunteer (BPA)
February	March	April	May
- Karnival for Kids, volunteers	Blood Drive , 12th gr. class volunteers(Red Cross)	- Antic Car Show, volunteers (Stamford Museum )	- Clothing & toys drive, volunteers (Good Will)
(Greenwich Red Cross)		- Food Drive, 10th gr. Class & volunteers	- Fundraiser, volunteers
		(Neighbor to Neighbor)	(Women's Club of Greenwich)
		- Community Service Day, all students	- BPA benefit, volunteers (BPA)

 

 

 

Community Service related Brunswick USclubs and projects:

 

Key Club: students participate in most of the community service events, particularly in Midnight Runs and fundraisers.

 

BruinsRead:  students visit Head Start locations in Stamford and read books to preschoolers.

 

Brunswick Assists  students raise funds for various projects in Jamaica, and

Jamaica: often visit Jamaica in the summers.

 

Against All Odds:  students raise funds for cancer research.

 

Helping Hand: students help various non-profits in Greenwich/Stamford area.

 

Recycling Club: students and faculty facilitate recycling efforts at Brunswick.

 

China Care:  students raise funds to sponsor orphaned children in China, and make occasional visits to Chinese orphanages.

 

Bruins Care:  students and alumni send care packages to American servicemen in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

Cycling: students cycle across several states to raise money for Kids in Crisis agency in Cos Cob, CT.

 

Amazon Colombia students raise funds to sponsor children in Colombia

Project: through Children International

 

 

Non-profit agencies that BrunswickUS works with in Greenwich:

 Cowen Center

 Greenwich Green & Clean

 Kids in Crisis

 Greenwich Adult Day Care

 Greenwich Boys Club Camp

 Children’s Day School

 Family Centers Day Care, Arch Str. Site

 Family Centers Day Care, Bridge Str. Site

 Family Centers, Gateway Preschool

 Family Centers Head start, First Steps

 Family Centers Head start, Kids Corner

 Hamilton Ave School (Greenwich)

 Greenwich Chapter of American Red Cross

 Greenwich Chapter of United Way

 Women’s Club of Greenwich

 

 

Non-profit agencies that Brunswick US works with in Stamford:

 Shelter for the Homeless

 Jeannie Hudgens Head Start

 Quintard Terrace Head Start

 Westside Head Start

 Stillwater Head Start

 William Pitt Head Start

 New Covenant House

 Stamford Museum

 Waterside School

 

Non-profit agencies that Brunswick US works with elsewhere in CT:

 Hall Neighborhood House (Bridgeport)

 Care Around The Clock (Bridgeport)

 

Non-profit agencies that Brunswick US works with in NY State:

 Port Chester Head start, Children’s Place (Port Chester)

 Port Chester Head start,

Weber Drive

(Port Chester)

 T. Edison School (Port Chester)

 Holy Rosary School (Port Chester)

Edenwald Children’s Residential Center and Pleasantville Cottage School  (Pleasantville, NY)

Midnight Run (Dobbs Ferry)

 

International non-profit agencies that BrunswickUS supports:

 Hebron Orphanage, India

 Mark Mathabane Scholarship Fund, South Africa

 St. Patrick’s Foundation School, Jamaica

Children International, Colombia

 Tianjing Orphanage, China