October 30: Service-Learning Fridays

1. Reflection on Hunger in America/Hunger in Oklahoma/
Casady Cans Do: Food Bank Students Against Hunger Youth Board Project
Number of Hours: 3

Investigation and Planning: Administrative approval: All division directors, Mrs. May, You tube: Hunger in America, Tell Me Why Song, Food Bank and Chicken a la King Video, Inspirational video sent by Kaija. Collaborations between Students Against Hunger of Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Youth Board (Graham Bennett), YAC (Aamina/Graham/Mrs. Clay/Board), STUCO(Mr. Pena-Officers), GALES (Mrs. Linn-Lindsey) YAC-Challenge 20/20 costumes, YAC money collection cans, Food Bank Boxes and tatoos
Action: YAC, STUCO and GALES signs around school. All school donations. Chapel,chapel and daily announcements, STUCO Activities. Personal donations
Reflection: Informal: Ongoing, Formal: Today
Celebration: Nov. 14: BIG SORT: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
---Conflict: Study for exams and Mrs. Clay must attend the Peace Festival in the afternoon






2. Exploring the Roots of Service
http://www.sef.org/who-we-are/our-paradigm-of-service/?event=1268

a. What is service? A combination of both the external actions we take in the world, and the internal motivations that drive our actions. Service can give us the experience of learning, growing, transforming and living our fullest possible life, but this is an ongoing, daily practice. If we keep our intention focused on serving others, in the end it is likely that life will turn out to give us great meaning and joy. The true reward in this process of serving is helping other people shine, even when it is not immediately visible to us. When this is achieved, we receive the deep gift of joy that can sustain our service for many, many years.


b. Harmony with yourself: Imagine yourself as a tree
The branches, leaves, flowers and fruit: Represent the outcomes of other-centered actions (in other words, service). They represent the specific ways in which you bring greater joy, harmony and energy to the world. Like many types of trees, we as people grow and blossom in different ways. We are different sizes, we bloom at different times of the year, with varying growing periods and many different types of flowers and fruit. Some have no buds and others take several seasons to bloom.
The Roots:(Below the surface)Represent the inner dimensions of service – the attitudes, beliefs and values. These submerged, invisible dimensions of service are usually developed early in life through our experiences in our families, and religious, social, and cultural institutions. Often, they are unconscious until something inspires us to investigate ourselves more deeply.
The Trunk:Represents the way in which the fruit and roots are connected. Inside the trunk, sap flows from the root systems up to the most distant bud to feed its growth. Our consciousness about the connections between our roots and fruit help us to act with purity and energy.



Double: Side Walk Chalk thank you to Casady students from the Food Bank Students Against Hunger with results. Thank you to YAC/STUCO/GALES from Class of 2013