Springfield Youth Day of Caring

Springfield Youth Day of Caring The 17th annual Youth Day of Caring is on April 19, 2013 from 11:30am-3:00pm. Come join us for a fun and rewarding day of giving back to your community!

WHAT WE'RE ABOUT

The Springfield Youth Day of Caring began in 1997 as a class project in the Family and Community Services class at Springfield High School. This project was born of the vision of students and adults joining together to find different ways to serve the community. It was the hope of the students, staff, and community partners involved in pioneering this project to accomplish the fo

llowing objectives:

~building strong community connections

~bringing youth and adults together in a positive way

~providing opportunities for youth to develop and practice work
and leadership skills

~promoting service learning

~providing opportunities and connections for students to meet
career-related graduation requirements


Now in its 17th year running, the Day of Caring is still going strong, despite many changes in programs, staff, and structure, as well as the diminishing resources of these lean budget years. Although this project has evolved over the years, three things remain unchanged: the commitment and dedication of Springfield High School students and staff, and of our local business and agency partners, to keeping this project alive, the learning and leadership potential it provides for the student leaders who spend all year organizing this event, and the positive impact of this event on the Springfield community, as well as all of the students and adults who participate by volunteering on that day. WHAT WE DO

Last year's Day of Caring was one of our biggest ever, with approximately half of the student body at SHS participating in over 30 different community service projects throughout Springfield and Eugene. Other volunteers participating in this project included nearly the entire student body of Gateways High School, many students from Thurston High School, and adults from several local businesses and agencies, for a grand total of nearly 800 volunteers out in the community that day. Last year's volunteers participated in a variety of projects, including grafitti abatement, cleaning up parks, trails, and playground equipment, removing invasive species, washing police cars and other city vehicles, cleaning children's books at the Springfield Public Library, working in community gardens, assisting local charities with projects and fundraisers, and beautifying public spaces by laying bark, picking up litter and planting flowers and shrubs, to name a few.

04/19/2014

Gateway High School Youth Day

04/19/2014

More than 600 students fanned out on service projects all over town today. Way to go, Springfield!

Great job Day of Caring 2014 planning committee!
04/18/2014

Great job Day of Caring 2014 planning committee!

And it begins... :-)
04/18/2014

And it begins... :-)

04/18/2014

It's the big day! Dress for the cool weather this morning. Meet in the auditorium at 8 am. Springfield kids are awesome!

04/16/2014

Day of Caring 2014 is coming up this Friday, April 18. (You can still sign up- bring your permission slip to Ms. Hume today.) Remember to dress for the cooler morning weather and get ready to make a difference in our community!

04/18/2013

Don't forget to dress for the weather tomorrow! Also, many projects require long pants and close-toed shoes, so come prepared. Projects go on rain or shine!

More positive press for our Millers!
05/25/2012

More positive press for our Millers!

Hundreds of teenagers wearing bright pink T-shirts could be found throughout the city on Friday performing acts of community service. But “community service” has lots of definitions — and for Springfield High School ninth-graders Megan Rey­nolds, Kyra Touchstone and Clowa Binham-­Doe, it meant one ...

Carrie Carpenter's crew from the ARC project!Did you get any great shots from the day? Please post them and tag "Spring...
05/21/2012

Carrie Carpenter's crew from the ARC project!

Did you get any great shots from the day? Please post them and tag "Springfield Youth Day of Caring". We'd love to see them!!

Y'all are famous! Well done, Millers!!
05/19/2012

Y'all are famous! Well done, Millers!!

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- Hundreds of Springfield High School students took their work outside the classroom Friday and volunteered in community service projects all across the city.

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875 7th Street
Springfield, OR
97477

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