The Fall 2014 Youth Leadership Summit sponsored by the Palm Beach County Substance Abuse Coalition is Saturday, October 18 from 9 am to 3:30 pm at the coalition's headquarters at 2300 High Ridge Rd., Boynton Beach. 

Register online here. Community service hours will be awarded.

Atlantic students are invited to participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer's on Saturday, October 11 at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre. The Alzheimer's Association will provide 7 hours of community service to students who volunteer at the event, an additional 3 hours for students who are registered to walk, and additional hours as listed here.

Student volunteers must complete the volunteer application (which includes a schedule and details of volunteer opportunities). A parent signature is required for minors. The completed form should be emailed, faxed or mailed to the Alzheimer's Association. Addresses are listed on the form.

The Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s™ is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, this inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to reclaim the future for millions.  

For more information please visit www.alz.org/walk.

Carver Middle School needs 20 volunteers to assist with their first "Fun with Science Family Night" on Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 5:30 to 8 pm. Fun with science includes interactive science activities, experiments, and demonstrations for students and their families.  

If you're interested in volunteering, please contact Ms. Jaunice Brown at 561-638-2152.

The city of Delray Beach and the Sandoway House are participating in the Ocean Conservancy's 29th annual International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014, from 8 am until 10 am, at the Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 South Ocean Boulevard. Visit the Delray Beach Parks and Recreation website for a registration form and more information.

The Norton Museum of Art is recruiting volunteers for its Wheels and Heels summer camp exhibition. Volunteers’ primary responsibility is to engage visitors in a fun, dynamic way and help create a welcoming, enjoyable experience. Volunteers will be responsible for assisting with classroom art projects, monitoring activity areas, and other Museum exhibition-related events. Museum volunteers receive incentives such as café and store discounts, exhibition walkthroughs, and a volunteer luncheon. Contact Yimarie Rivera, Program and Volunteer Coordinator at riveray@norton.org. Click here for an online volunteer application, or download and print a copy here.

The Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation is seeking volunteers to help register donors at the Delray Affair April 25 to 27. 

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation is a leading bone marrow and blood stem cell registry. For more than twenty years, Gift of Life has been helping children and adults suffering from leukemia, lymphoma, other cancers and genetic disorders find their life-saving donors for bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants. Gift of Life maintains a growing registry of 236,000 volunteer donors and has facilitated more than 2,700 transplants for patients in need. 
 
Students interested in participating are welcome to contact Tamara Hochman by email at thochman@giftoflife.org or by phone at  561-982-2939.

Atlantic Community High School is gathering items to fill Spring Baskets for needy children of East Delray Beach.

We are asking for donations for children ages 6 months - 12 years old.  Students interested in helping can donate any of the following items. There will be a drop box in the IB office.

Suggested items:
Gift baskets
Cellophane wrap for baskets
Ribbon
Basket grass or other filler
Candy
Children's hair accessories
Children's socks for boys or girls
Lotion
Comb & brush sets
Little girls' dress up jewelry, make-up
Small spring-themed toys (cars, puzzles, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, games, etc.)
Arts and crafts
Any other fun things to put in a child's spring gift basket

For donations, please place all items in a bag with your name clearly written on the outside to ensure CS hours are credited to you.

Students can earn a limited number of community service hours for donations:  1-3 items = 1 hour; 4+ items = 2 hours

Additionally, students can earn hours by participating in the filling and packaging of the Spring Baskets on Thursday, April 17, in the IBO from 3 pm to 5 pm.


Note: This event will occur after the April 1 deadline for community service hours.  An exception will be made for students who participate in this activity.


If you have any questions please feel free to contact Mrs. Boileau, MYP Coordinator (room 1-123) or Ms. Stacey, ATL bookkeeper (room 1-124).


Thank you!

The Sandoway House, Delray Beach Parks and Recreation, and Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Inc. (KPBCB) are sponsoring the Great American Cleanup on the beach in Delray from 8 am to 10 am on April 5. Meet at the Sandoway House, 142 S. Ocean Blvd. Supplies will be provided and participants will earn community service hours.

Download the Volunteer Registration Form and return it by fax, mail, email or in person to Delray Beach Parks and Recreation or the Sandoway House.

Delray Beach Parks and Recreation
beardsleyD@mydelraybeach.com
Fax:  561-243-7268
50 NW 1st Ave.
Delray Beach, FL 33444

Sandoway House
sandowayhouse@bellsouth.net
142 S. Ocean Blvd.,
Delray Beach, FL  33483

Be a hero for kids with cancer! Help make a difference by donating, volunteering or shaving your head at Atlantic on April 10. Click here to sign up or donate to the ATL St. Baldrick's team.

The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity that funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization except the U.S. government. Get involved and you'll be giving hope to infants, children, teens and young adults fighting childhood cancers.