Meghan Guo '19

 

Meghan Guo and her brother Michael along with their friends: Anna Sun, Elle Catalano and Ruhi Nayak successfully completed a book drive for the African Library Project last Saturday, 4/25/2015. The group hosted two bake sales for money donation, sorted the books, and packed the boxes. A total of 834 books were donated and total of 9 boxes have been shipped out for the community library which will be built in Ghana. Through the entire project, they were touched by all the people who helped with donating the books, money, and supported the bake sale. Their generosity and kindness to help out was inspiring. Meghan and her friends have learned a lot from this project and are planning to do more in the near future.

Jolie Vassel-Beasley '19

My family and I support Detroit communities through art installations and assisting DPS students involvement . For the last five years I have volunteered as an art assistant to local students and as a painter, dancer, cleaner-upper and all around worker for Heidelberg Project. My first experience was as a painter for Tyree Guyton's art installation representing homelessness in Detroit. I've decorated/set up for their annual fundraiser, helped children express themselves through painting, assisted in the gift shop and danced in a collaborative video with Japanese filmographers which resulted in an international friendship video between Detroit and Japan. (Called "Fortune Cookie Love"). Mr. Guyton believes that art can save a community and give hope to embattled citizens and I believe that too. 

Total hours of service
5 years, off and on, every chance I get... Too many hours to count

Cheri Williams - DCDS Staff Member & Proud DCDS Parent

With the help of friends, family, and our church youth group, we donated 100 filled Thirty-One bags to the families staying at the Ann Arbor Ronald McDonald House over the holidays. The bags were delivered early December and included a thermal coffee mug, candy, gum, puzzle book, pen, magazine, facial tissue, granola bar, popcorn, and notepad. These were items the Ronald McDonald house requested for the parents to help them during their stay with their sick child at Mott Hospital. It was wonderful to help give these families hope away from home.

Total hours of service
8