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A.C.T.I.O.N. Coalition Inc. |
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AmeriCorps...Service-Learning |
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A.C.T.I.O.N. Coalition Inc 138 East Main Street Mountain City, TN 37683 Phone:423-727-0780 Fax: 423-727-0788 E-mail: mroark@jctnac.org |
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Mountain City Elementary School · Project Record— 4th grade students record books-on-tape for the Resource and CDC classrooms. Students recycled aluminum cans to raise $ to buy cassette tapes. They also had enough money to purchase the book to go along with the tape. · “Heroes of the Past”—5th grade students support the veterans of Johnson County by challenging another 5th grade class to a “penny war”. Students involved raised a total of $115.00. Students also learned flag etiquette and interviewed local veterans on their experience in the service · Environmental Clean-Up Team— 6th grade students learn about environmental issues in their community. They beautified their school grounds by planting plants and picking up trash. Guest speakers also came to the class to talk about environmental issues such as pollution and the Tennessee Littering Campaign. · Operation Animal Action— 6th grade students supported the Johnson County Humane Society with a car wash that profited $236.00. The class also held a school wide canned dog and cat food drive for the city animal shelter. #285 cans were brought in.
A.C.T.I.O.N. Coalition Community Project · Project Mirror— The A.C.T.I.O.N. Coalition wanted to do a anti-meth campaign to use during events and display in the community. The AmeriCorps member designed and built, with the help of volunteers, two mirror display which will educate people about the dangers of Meth. · Website Update—Adding pages to the A.C.T.I.O.N. Coalition’s webpage for the Johnson County Volunteer Center and AmeriCorps. The information you see is from this project.
Laurel Elementary School · Pennies for Prevention—This was a project with 5th and 6th graders. The 5th grade made posters to hang in the school about the project. The 6th graders wrote essays about what drugs can do to your body. A total of $230.46 was raised among the students. · Boxes of Love—4th grade students wanted to do something for the elderly at Mountain City Care Center. The students wrote letters to the residents. The Northeast Correctional Complex made flowerboxes which were donated to the project and the students painted them. The flowerboxes were then donated to the Mountain City Care Center. · Laurel’s Operation for Treasure—5th grade students sent soldiers in Iraq a small care package with items such as: gum, sunflower seeds, paper, pens, and other items. The students wrote letters telling the soldiers about themselves.
Doe Elementary School · Doe ‘News Crew’—6th grade students created a school newspaper entitled “Doe News” as an effort to promote literacy among fellow schoolmates. Sections of the newspaper include: What’s Up at Doe?, Question Quest, Doe Comics, Students of the Fall, Test Taking Tips, School Projects, Student Stories and Poems, Book Reviews, Puzzles, and Funnies. The students were given “jobs” such as editors, layout/design managers, sports writer, comic strip author, book review journalist, advice columnist, and science fiction writer. The paper was distributed to all students in grades 2-6. · Poverty Eliminators—4th grade students completed two service learning projects related to poverty in Johnson County. The students organized clothing and food collection bins. Hales Ministry took the clothing donations and Second Harvest Food Bank took the food donations. The donations stayed in Johnson County. · “Cleaning Crew”— 4th graders start project to keep Doe school clean of litter. Students brainstormed the cause of the littering on the playgrounds and found that the classes were eating snacks outside and not throwing the papers away in a trash can, or the trash cans were too full. The students designed holders for extra trash bags and were hung on the wall near the playground door. The project worked so well that the school purchased permanent trash bag hangers. |
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