Devine High School juniors Payton Appling and Viola Dzierzanowski created the project “Community Services of Devine” through FCCLA. The project’s goal is two-fold: to demonstrate their commitment to community service and to educate and inspire others, especially young people, to also become involved. The duo will compete at the FCCLA Region V Conference in January in STAR (Students Taking Action for Recognition) events with this project.
The team started their project at the Fall Festival on November 1, by throwing candy out to the crowds to introduce their project. They also created announcements, flyers, and a social media account to let their peers know about opportunities to help.
On November 5th, the girls visited Mrs. Marek’s 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes at Devine Intermediate School to create 75 cards for Veterans Day. And on November 18th, they collaborated with another FCCLA STAR event team, “Clean and Green”, to pick up trash on the high school campus. At the conclusion of the event, 3 bags of trash were collected.
Appling and Dzierzanowski plan to help with the next food distribution in January at the First Baptist Church with the DHS Family and Community Service classes. They also plan to do another presentation at the middle school to keep spreading the word on why community service is important.
Kayla Dzierzanowski and Cat Brown present to Coach Cozby’s Environmental Science classes.
