Tag Archives: Student Service
Over 2,000 Hours Served!
With our Coastal Clean Up effort this past Saturday GET REAL Involved! has topped 2000 hours of service. We are thankful to all the students and adults who have been there to help us grow, and particularly HYDE PARK UNITED … Continue reading
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A busy summer [and a busy year] comes to a close…
It was a busy summer for the GET REAL Involved! crew. We visited with residents of Bayshore Pointe Nursing Home in June, cleaned up Gandy Beach after a busy July 4th weekend, and spent the morning helping out at Metropolitan … Continue reading
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A Day on the Farm
We headed back to Lithia, FL to visit the girls at Steppin’ Stone Farm for the second time this year. In total there were fourteen of us, nine students and five adults for this trip. On the bus trip … Continue reading
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STUDENTS “GET REAL INVOLVED!” FOR GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY
Local student service organization’s members to serve on April 25, 2009, at America’s Second Harvest of Tampa Bay. In recognition of Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), on Saturday, April 25, South Tampa- based student service organization GET REAL Involved! will … Continue reading
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Steppin’ Stone Farm
January took us back to Steppin’ Stone Farm to check on our crops! Back in September we’d helped the girls at Steppin’ Stone weed their cash crop of ornamental grasses. These crops help to raise money for the Farm as … Continue reading
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Metropolitan Ministries Holiday Center
Well, despite the fact that we had one of our major schools in a State Football Championship, we still managed to bring over 20 students and adult volunteers to help out at the Holiday Center at Metropolitan Ministries. This place … Continue reading
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Open Arms Ministry
All told, there were about 35 students and several dedicated adult volunteers who brought food to a group of almost 100 homeless men and women at Hyde Park United Methodist’s Open Arms Ministry. Open Arms is a ministry that provides … Continue reading
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Steppin’ Stone Farm
Well the latest GET REAL Involved! trip took us to Steppin’ Stone Farm, and what a great experience it was! Steppin’ Stone, for those who do not know, is a home for at risk teenage girls. It’s 85 acres of … Continue reading
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Backpacks of Hope at Metropolitan Ministries
The first GET REAL Involved! community service project of the 08-09 school year was to Metropolitan Ministries Backpacks of Hope. What a great day. What a difference Metropolitan Ministries makes in the community. I think they had like 4,000 families … Continue reading
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