Project Change Service Initiative (PCSI)

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Project Change facilitates school-based service clubs for middle and high school youth to enable them to tap into their passions by selecting, designing and implementing community service projects for causes that are meaningful to them.

 

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At-Home Service Projects During the Covid-19 Quarantine

 

Below you will find at-home service projects. While we are unable to provide SSL hours ("students cannot earn SSL hours for any service work completed in a private residence"), these projects will help students tap into their ability to "give back" during this very challenging time.    

                                                        

A.) Create a motivational video for youth dealing with isolation during the coronavirus outbreak. If a parent signs the permission form, your video will be posted on the Project Change website. Request a permission form by emailing info@projectchange-md.org. Use the same email address to send your video. Please provide:

--Tips on staying positive

--Coping skills when you get upset

--Creative things to do at home

B) Create e-cards or thank you notes to:

--Health care workers

--Grocery store workers

C) Go through your closet and bag up clothes you don't wear anymore to donate to the community's homeless population.

D) Create a "30 Day Acts of Kindness Challenge". With your parent's permission you can find a May 2020 calendar online or design one of your own. May 1 is on a Friday.

--Create the calendar poster

--Share it with Project Change, friends, students and family members. Project Change will post it on its website

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Warm wishes for health and safety for you and yours!

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The Project Change Service Initiative (PCSI) program is available in the schools listed below along with the dates and days for the meetings.

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• Blake High School

  • Club members raised funds for and volunteered at one of the facilities for the Believe in Tomorrow Children's Foundation.  They also collected items such as toiletries and socks for backpacks for the homeless.

  • Club members meet on Tuesdays after school in room G184 on the following dates:

October 7 and  21

November 4 and 18

December 2 and 16

January 6 and 27

February 3 and 17

March 3, 17 and 31

April 20 and 27

 

• Our Lady of Good Counsel High School

  • Club members held a Gingerbread house-making contest before the holidays to raise money a Carnival for Children with Special Needs in March.

  • Club members meet on Mondays, after school, in room 119 on the following dates:

October 7, 21

November 4, 18

December 2, 9,

January 13, 27

February 10, 24

March 9, 23

April 20, 27

 

• Magruder High School

  • Club members collected necessities for the Montgomery County Animal Shelter and shoes for microentrepneurs in developing countries.

  • Club members meet during lunch on Wednesdays on the following dates:

October 16 and 23

November 13 and 20

December 4 and 18

January 15 and 29

February 12 and 26

March 11 and 25

April 15 and 29​​​

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• Sherwood High School

  • Club members sponsored a clothing drive before the holidays and created a schoolwide presentation on the subject of anxiety/stress.

  • Club members meet during lunch on Thursdays in room H141 on the following dates:

October 3, 17 and 31

November 7 and 21

December 5 and 19​​

 

• Rosa Parks Middle School

  • Club member made blankets for a women's shelter and decorations for a children's center.

  • Club members meet after school on Thursdays in room A101 on the following dates:

October 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31

November 7, 14 and 21

December 5, 12 and 19

January 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30

February 6, 13, 20 and 27

March 5, 12, 19 and 26

April 2, 16, 23 and 30

 

• William H. Farquhar Middle School

  • Club members collected new and gently used coats before the holidays, which were donated to Interfaith Works. Club members also made heating pads for a senior center.

  • Club members meet after school on Tuesdays in room 220 on the following dates:

October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29

November 5 and 19

December 3 and 10

January 7, 14, 21 and 28

February 4, 11, 18 and 25

March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31

April 21​​

 

• Redland Middle School​

  • ​Club members made dog and cat toys for the Montgomery County Animal Shelter.

  • Club members meet after school on Wednesdays in room 214 on the following dates:

October 2, 16, 23 and 31

November 6, 13 and 20

December 4, 11 and 18

January 8, 15, 22 and 29

February 5, 12, 19 and 26

March 4, 11, 18 and 25

April 1, 15, 22 and 29

May 6 and 13

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