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2022-2023 MontHly teen service days
Where will you leave your handprint?
As part of our Middle School Youth Group, High School Youth Group, and Confirmation Prep programs, our teens will be given the opportunity to participate in monthly Teen Service Days.
Our optional service opportunities give each of us the chance to be the “hands of God” in action. They challenge us to take time out of our busy schedules to lend a helping hand to others in the world. Through our work, each of us act as an extension of God, by reaching out to communities—touching the lives and hearts of those we serve.
Our hands, when strengthened by God, are able to accomplish many things.Upcoming Events:
February, 2023 - Pancake Breakfast: Volunteers are needed to assist with a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, February 25th at Charlie Riedel's Restaurant in Canandaigua.
February, 2023 - Salvation Army's Family Fun Night: Volunteers are needed to assist with a Family Fun Night on Tuesday, February 28th at the Salvation Army in Canandaigua. Duties will include helping set the dining room for the meal, assisting with family-focused games and activities, etc.
Teens that will be participating in service opportunities must have a waiver completed prior to their first service date. The waiver can be found on our website at https://stbenedictonline.org/volunteer-opportunities. (You can put 2022-2023 as the date on the waiver so that it covers you the entire year.). If your teen participated in the July community clean-up, they are already set.
Parents that would like to assist with service would need to have a waiver completed prior to their first service date as well, but will also need to complete C.A.S.E. training. More information including the links for the training and the instructions, can be found on our website at https://stbenedictonline.org/creating-a-safe-environment. Please contact our parish's CASE Coordinator, Jessamyn Magri, at [email protected] with any questions.
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Photo Albums
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past events
January, 2023 - Salvation Army's Family Fun Night: Volunteers are assisted with a Family Fun Night on Tuesday, January 24th at the Salvation Army in Canandaigua. Duties will include helping set the dining room for the meal, assisting with family-focused games and activities, etc.
December, 2022 - DDSO Craft Day: Volunteer opportunities included interacting with and assisting adults with developmental disabilities to create a craft. Check out the pics above (note: due to confidentiality, we were unable to take pics of the adults we worked with, but did take pics of some of the teens and the craft projects).December, 2022 - Parents' "Midday Getaway": Volunteers spent a few hours with Pre-K - Grade 5 students while their parents spend some time doing some holiday shopping, etc. Activities included arts & crafts, games, and more. Pics of the day are included in the photo album above.
November, 2022 - Thanksgiving Bread Distribution: Teens created hand-written tags and attached them to loaves of bread, then volunteers assisted with delivering bread and the Thanksgiving greetings to residents in a senior housing community in Canandaigua on Tuesday, November 22nd. Some pics of the event are included above.
October, 2022 - Salvation Army's Family Fun Night: Volunteers assisted with a Family Fun Night on Tuesday, October 25th at the Salvation Army in Canandaigua. Duties included helping set the dining room for the meal, assisting with family-focused games and activities, etc. Be sure to check out the photos in the album above!
September, 2022 - Cobblestone Arts Center's Annual 5K "Run, Walk" and Roll": Volunteers were able to help with start-up and breakdown, as route marshals, in the snack area, etc. for the 5K race at Victor Central Schools on Sunday, September 18th. A few pics of the event are included above.
August, 2022 - Festival Ice Cream Booth: Teens were offered a service opportunity during our Summer Festival, which consisted of manning the soft serve ice cream booth. A few pics of this event are included above.
July, 2022 - Community Cleanup Day: Our first Service Day was July 31, 2022 and our teens and the adult volunteers did the "dirty work" of picking up debris and trash around the Starbucks plaza and behind Wendy's in Canandaigua in an effort to care for our common home. Check out the photo album above and watch for updates to see what our teens and adult volunteers are up to next!