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Barringer High School ServiceWorks Capstone Project
By: LaRhonda Boone, AmeriCorps VISTA As a ServiceWorks AmeriCorps VISTA, I’ve often visualized my scholars as glowing embers; a tempered heat, reserved, uncertain and at times even uninterested, but you can still see a glow, however faint. Depending on their circumstances and perspective, some are also quite charred but it never bothered me because I…
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AmeriCorps Navigator’s Log – Final
In honor of AmeriCorps Week, today we conclude a multi-part series entitled “The Navigator’s Log,” created by LaRhonda Boone, an AmeriCorps VISTA serving with Jersey Cares’ ServiceWorks program in Newark, NJ. ServiceWorks helps youth ages 16-24 to develop workplace skills through specialized training and to gain leadership experience by designing and implementing community service projects. You can…
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Thanks Sally
By Michelle R. Dee, Senior Director of External Affairs Today is International Women and Girls in Science Day but I am not a scientist. I was fortunate to be raised in a house, however, where no one ever told me that there was something I could not do because of my gender. I was lucky…
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Flamingos and Service
By Michelle R. Dee, Senior Director of External Affairs Monday morning I was talking with my husband about the fact that it was finally getting cooler in the house in the morning when we woke up. I was mentioning that it was chilly but not “cold” yet, even though it was cold outside. That is when…
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Holiday Wisdom (from a 12 year old)
By Michelle R. Dee, Senior Director of External Affairs This is the first year that my oldest child does not believe in Santa Claus. It has been harder on me, I think, than it has on him. I have tried to make magical memories happen, even though he knows it is his dad and I…
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The Blank Check
By Michelle R. Dee, Senior Director of External Affairs, U.S. Army Veteran When people ask me the best way to honor veterans I have a hard time answering. Yes, I am a veteran and my husband is a veteran and the majority of people that are not my blood relatives, but are still my family,…
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Thankfulness
By Michelle R. Dee, Senior Director of External Affairs It is so easy with busy lives to forget to stop and be thankful. It seems like there is never enough time in the day to do what needs to be done, without trying to add one more thing to a growing list of “to dos.” …
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We Didn’t Start the Fire!
Cooler weather is creeping in, bringing warmer clothes and a need for heating sources. And with the need for heat comes the risk of fire. Most home fires occur in the kitchen and are the leading cause of fire-related injuries. At night, discarded cigarettes, sparks from fireplaces without screens and heating appliances left unattended cause…
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We Remember
Every generation has its pivotal moment; the first moon landing, JFK’s assassination, the Space Shuttle disaster; which become a part of that generation’s shared history. Ask anyone of a particular generation and they can tell you where they were, who they were with and what they felt the moment they heard the news. Then there…
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Talk That Talk
Disasters and frightening scenarios can be difficult, even unpleasant, to discuss with your kids, and many of us put it off or avoid it altogether. But leaving kids unprepared can ultimately lead to a more difficult and unpleasant situation. Make this month the month. Just as you ensure that they have the right supplies to…
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