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Do you remember someone in your life that made a positive impact on you when you were in middle school? The Guilford County school system has requested help from the faith community to intentionally engage with our schools by demonstrating leadership skills and improve literacy.
Now is the time to rally as a congregation and positively influence students at our neighboring Aycock Middle School as we take part in the Guilford County Faith Partner Initiative.
Many positive changes have taken place at Aycock over the last few years, and our help is needed to build that momentum. Here are some of the ways we can help these students who are in need of positive role models as well as academic and extracurricular support:
Daytime and after-school reading tutors are needed for ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students and those who are behind grade level. Contact: Susan Villarrubia, Aycock Middle School Curriculum Facilitator, 370-8110, to sign up.
Daytime tutors are needed on weekdays at the following times:
After-school reading tutors for ESOL students are needed on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3:45 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Along with tutoring, please consider the following needs:
Books: Aycock Middle needs donations of 6-8th grade level books, both fiction and non-fiction for the classroom, library and homes of students
Clothes: The school also needs donations for the Standard Mode of Dress (SMOD) clothing closet for those students in need of the required school attire.
Sizes range from boys size 12 and up to men’s waist size 34” and girls size 12 to ladies size 12.
Shirts should be a solid color, non-logo, long- or short-sleeved Polo (2-4 buttons) or Oxford-style shirts in the following colors: white, grey, orange, navy, and black.
Bottoms should be black, navy, and khaki colored pants, skirts, skorts, and shorts. Pockets are limited to no more that two front and two rear pockets on pants.
Belts should be solid black, brown, white, gray, or orange.
Donations of books or the required clothing items can be brought to the school office or the church reception area in the designated container.
For further information, contact Jill Tourtellot at 478-4737 or jtourtellot@triad.rr.com.
The key to meaningful, fun and effective outreach is combining what needs to be done with people who really want to do it. With that in mind, we strive to provide a diversity of opportunities. If you don’t see anything here that interests you, then please contact me and let me know what you are interested in or what you think you might be interested in. Outside of what we have listed at right, there is a whole world of needs looking for people drawn to them.
Some of our needs are one-time -- such as showing up before Thanksgiving to package turkey dinners. But if you are looking for an ongoing outreach service, my advice is don’t be afraid to try something new, and if you don’t like it, keep looking until you find something that you really like. And please don’t ever feel guilty for not liking an outreach project.
But as they say, you never know for sure unless you try it first.
-- Neil Dunnavant, associate pastor
for outreach ministry, 478-4707
