WELCOME Peachtree Ridge HS National Honor Society 01

WELCOME. Peachtree Ridge HS National Honor Society 01. 08. 2015 // 2015 -16 School Year Meeting #4

Hours Reminders 34 (1 st and 2 nd semester) hours are due Friday, May 6 th at 2: 30 pm. Get started early! SENIORS: If you want a cord at Honors Night, complete the 34 hours completed by Friday, March 4 th Hours do not roll over in NHS! FOUR (4) out of the 17 hours MUST come from End. Zone tutoring Remember to ALWAYS sign in and out behind circulation desk for tutoring! DO NOT send in hours forms for End. Zone tutoring! All hours will be taken from the sign in/out sheet at the circulation desk!

Hours Reminders New: Minimum of THREE (3) outside hours! (almost all of you meet this requirement anyways) Send all hours forms to prhs. nhshours@gmail. com Find hours forms on prhsnhs. weebly. com! All hours starting from Saturday, December 5 th will count towards second semester.

New Hours Spreadsheet/Forms How to get to the Hours Spreadsheet: prhsnhs. weebly. com New Hours Form

Emails! It is IMPERATIVE that all of you check your emails often! We will be sending newsletters, updates, and volunteer opportunities through this platform Remind 101 is NOT enough! New platform, so if you do not see an email from ‘PRHS NHS’, then check spam/junk mail and/or the “Promotions” tab for Gmail.

Lions’ CARE Closet 2 nd Semester NHS Service Project

CARE Community Assistance & Resource Effort

What? An ”Absolutely ANONYMOUS” Food Pantry

Who? Students in Need

Why? Students Are Too Embarrassed to Ask in Public Students Need It More Student Success!!

The Plan… NATIONAL Georgia Gwinnett County NHS Care Closet

How? School Clubs Local Business Sponsors

School Clubs Different Club Each Month Stock with Non-Perishable Items (cans, rice, dry soups, etc. ) Discard Expired Items “CARE Closet” Rep – Explain purpose/process to each club

Local Businesses Request Goods or Donations As Needed

How? “Word of Mouth”/Announcements Contact Guidance Counselor for Access CONFIDENTIALLY put food in back pack

When? During the School Day Before/After School

Where? Closed-Off Area In the Counseling Office IMPORTANT: No Students (aides, other students in counseling office, etc. ) can see students accessing the closet.

PRHS? TRIBE

What is going to happen? NHS will be involved and responsible for the preparation, kick off, and the maintenance of the Lions’ CARE Closet. To kick off the Closet, a food drive will be held on the week of March 7 th. After that week, donation drop-off locations will open up and be open for the rest of the year.

How will this work? Four committees: Outreach Committee, Food Drive Committee, Advertisement Committee, Maintenance Committee EVERY member is REQUIRED to participate. Seniors are recommended to be involved in the Outreach and Food Drive Committees. Each committee needs a 1 or 2 committee chairs. If you are interested, please talk to Officer Contact of that committee.

How will this work? Roles of each committees are outlines. Lots of planning and involving yourself will be required. Optional (but NOT replacement): 3 articles of food = 1 hr 3 hr maximum

Committee Descriptions Four different committees: Outreach Committee: Liaison between CARE Closet and other clubs. Person will keep clubs accountable and updated; continually keeping up with the club. (Officer Contact: Priyanka Desai // 60 members)

Committee Descriptions Four different committees: Food Drive Committee: Plan the food drive and work with the outreach committee to make sure that the food drive is successful (Officer Contact: Reeya Shah // 20 members)

Committee Descriptions Four different committees: Advertisement Committee: Advertise with flyers and other means, decorate the drop-off locations (Officer Contact: Eric Yan //15 members)

Committee Descriptions Four different committees: Maintenance Committee: Maintains the drop-off locations around the school after the kick off food drive and keeps inventory (Officer Contact: Keshav Kalathoor // 15 members) List the order of preference on the sign-out sheet!

Questions? It’s better to ask them now rather than later!

Summary Get started on your hours! Seniors: Hours are due March 4 th if you want your cord on Honors Night! Check your emails often! Make sure you are getting our emails! We’ll send one out today by 6: 00 pm. Everyone needs to sign out and indicate the committees you want to be a part of in the order of preference on the sign out sheet! Next meeting: February 19 th

Remember to stay awesome! NHS Officers & Sponsors 2015 -16