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Three 12th Grade Students Collecting Clothing, Medical Supply Donations for South African Orphanage as Part of Senior Project

Three ACS 12th graders are collecting donations of clothing, book bags, and medical supplies for an orphanage in South Africa as part of their Senior Project and the deadline is Monday, April 3 for school families, faculty, and staff to drop off donations. A collection box is located near the school office entrance. A flyer was sent home to families the week of March 27 describing the project and providing a list of the items that are being collected.

The three students who are carrying out this senior project are Tommy Ellison, Moges Johnson, and Cruz Lewis.  They will be taking the donations with them to QwaQwa, South Africa during Easter break, where they will be serving at the orphanage as part of a short-term missions trip.

In the flyer created by the students to promote their donation drive, the students wrote — “Your donation, no matter how small, can make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.” The students also pointed out that one of the most needed clothing items are underwear, from sizes 4T to teen.

In addition to distributing the donated supplies during their missions trip, the students will doing skits and teaching lessons from the Bible with the children, including sharing the gospel message through the story of Easter. The orphanage is located about a two-hour drive south of Johannesburg. Moges’ family founded the orphanage, which serves some 80 children from toddlers to teens.

The items that are being collected to donate to the orphanage are:

  • Socks
  • Sturdy Book Bags
  • Underwear – sizes 4T to teen
  • Antibiotic Cream
  • Band-Aids and Dressings
  • Antifungal cream
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Infant Tylenol
  • Kids Chewable Tylenol
  • Kids Chewable Motrin
  • Regular Tylenol
  • Regular Motrin

The Senior Project is a class for 12th graders and this project is being facilitated by faculty member Daniel Vasquez. Other seniors are working a variety of other projects, all with a community service focus and utilizing their individual gifts and talents. Part of each project also includes writing a letter of intent, writing a research or reflection paper, and doing an oral presentation to the class.

12th Grader Aaron Glancey Organizes Middle School Boys Over-Nighter as Senior Project

ACS 12th grader Aaron Glancey is organizing a Middle School Boys Over-Nighter on March 25 at the Ocean City Tabernacle — an event he has chosen to be his Senior Project as part of a year-long Senior Project Class. Aaron announced the event during Upper School Chapel on March 10 and has distributed flyers this week about the over-nighter to ACS middle school boys.

Aaron said the over-nighter is open to middle school boys at ACS and in the community, and he is busy spreading the word about the event to area churches and on social media. Aaron chose to organize this special event for middle school boys because he attended a similar event when he was in 8th grade and remembered the positive impact it had on his life.  Fellow senior, Quinn Schrag, is leading worship at the over-nighter as part of his Senior Project.

The over-nighter will be held from 6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 25 to 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 26 and there is a $20 registration fee. The evening will include games, refreshments, live worship music, and small group break-out sessions. Aaron and Quinn will lead some of the small group sessions, joined by several adult leaders from area churches.

The Senior Project class is facilitated by faculty member Linda Stiteler. Stiteler said that other students are working a variety of Senior Projects, all with a community service focus and utilizing their individual gifts and talents.  Joshua Schlundt is building a bench to install in Birch Grove Park in Northfield. Mia Liggins is using her talents as a photographer on a project for St. Vincent’s School in Mays Landing. Devin Tridente, a member of the ACS Championship Varsity Basketball team, is organizing an outdoor basketball clinic at ACS in April.

“It’s a very valuable learning and growing experience for our seniors to be responsible for coming up with a unique project and creating it from start to finish,” Stiteler said.  She said writing a letter of intent, writing a research or reflection paper, and doing an oral presentation to the class are also required elements for every project.

CLICK HERE for more information and to register for the Middle School Boys Overnighter.