WELCOME

Celebrating Service Learning Success

Celebrating One Day to End Homelessness in Franklin County and El Salvador

Constructing a Day of ServiceEach classroom’s special service activity

Guest speakers - Serving our Country

Service Learning at St. James

• Purpose– Making a difference one village at a time– Leaving a legacy– Learning about other cultures and places– Living the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy“Thank you for sending me to St. James. I like St.

James because we do service to help people in need.” Syndey W. 4th grade

Leaving a Legacy

• History – Build a Boat - India – Rafiki - Kenya, Africa– Feed My Sheep - Chile– Helping Hands - La Oroya, Peru– Run the Race - West side of Columbus– A Kid Again! - Columbus, Ohio

Under ConstructionEl Salvador

• Homeless in El Salvador - Loseta House Building Projects– 1.2 million people in El Salvador are homeless– For every Loseta house built 100 more are needed– Each house cost $900.00 to build.

• St. Vincent De Paul Children’s Home– 160 students from infants to 16 years of age– Orphans because of gang warfare or natural disasters

Local Homelessness

• Franklin County Statistics– 8000 individuals experienced homelessness– Emergency Shelter System helped served over 5000– 1400-1700 of them were children– 2/3’s were 7years or younger– “Some cities’ response to rising homelessness is simply to build

more shelters, in Columbus, we rebuild lives.”– Prevention – Rapid Re-housing– Permanent Supportive Housing– Average rent per month in Franklin County– $30.00 contribution – goal of $300,000.00 – Ch. 10 update

Our Difference

• Loseta House Building Project– Teens – $8-10 a weekend– Over 2 years to earn enough for 1 house– Donations from outside resources– Ohio Dominican University missionaries

The Families Previous Home

A Work in Progress

Kayla and Crew building their house.

The Teen Team

Another Job Well Done

A Family and Their New Home

Opening Kick Off

• Videos:– Minute-to-Win-It video– Skype with Nan

Our Candy House Replicas

• 21st year of the Candy House Village– Donation to St. Stephen’s Community Center Gingerbread

Fantasy Auction– Raffle to fund a scholarship for St. James’ students

• Loseta House• St. Vincent De Paul Children’s Home

– Located on stage

Candy Houses

Fundraising I

Sub Sale - OSU vs Wisconsin$18006th-8th graders and parents made delicious sandwiches for all to enjoy

Parishioners and faculty help support this cause.

Sub Sale

Fundraising II

• Spare Change Houses– Collection of spare change within each homeroom– For El Salvador and One Day to End Homelessness– Raised $– Check Presentation to Melissa for El Salvador

Spare Change Houses

Fundraising III

• Concession Coins for ChangeWeekend Basketball Games$50.00

• Church Appeals• Students asked their churches to donate

Concession Coins for Change

Lower School’s Collections

• Christmas Toy Drive• Bilingual Children’s books

– Wrote and illustrated a dozen books– Translated into Spanish

Bilingual Books

Toys from Tots

Intermediate School’s Book Drive

Extreme House Build

• Mr. Fenner and 6th graders• 7th grade committee• Life size replica

– Building materials– US cost verses El Salvador cost– size

Loseta Schematics

Techo

LOCETA

Mr. Fenner’s Model/Plans

Building the House

“Move that Curtain”

Future Plans

• Valentine Shoeboxes• Clothing Drive• Construction Hat Drive• Hardware Stores as Partners

Celebration

• We invite all of you to come back and celebrate our success at the end of the year.

• Thank you for coming.