Volume 39- Issue 1
Human Service Club Lends
a Helping Hand
By : Brandy Lee Church
What is the Human Services Club? It is
a great organization that is made up of
all future human service employees, in
other words, anyone viha is enrolled in
the human services program can be a
part of the club. I myself am proud to be
a part of this organization because of all
the charitable donations that were made
last year.
Speaking with Chastity Kyle, a second
year human services student, she told me
about some events that took place last
year. The club held an ADAP social, which
is a dance for people with developmental
disabilities. The Human Services Club
not only decorated the room beautifully
and served food, but also participated
in the dance as well. They brought their
families and danced the night away and
brought an incredible time to people
with developmental disabilities. She also
told about the booth they set up during
the cultural fair and how they gave
information on important, yet interesting
topics such as diversity, infant massage,
and aromatherapy. During MerleFest,
the club ran the general store where
they sold festival necessities such as
deodorant, candy, cameras, posters,
and t-shirts. Another event Chastity told
about was the gift basket raffle. The
club made baskets for me, women, and
children and sold raffle tickets to people
who wanted the opportunity to win one.
All of the proceeds went to Christmas in
Wilkes, thus giving those less fortunate a
wonderful Christmas.
This year, the Human Services Club
will participate in giving back to the
community and the club has some very
exciting and charitable events planned.
Dur group advisor, Erica Sales-Walker,
says this year we will do as much
community outreach as passible and also
plan on having the same events as last
year due to their tremendous success.
Helping the people in our community
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that are disabled or less fortunate
that we are is very important and
rewarding and it should be a community
effort. Life would be so much better if
everyone made an effort when it comes
to community outreach. The goal of the
Human Services Club is to get as many
people involved when it comes to giving
back as possible.
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