The National Junior Honor Society at Hazelwood Northwest Middle School is a recipient of a 2010 Outstanding Service Project Award for a project called \u201cBundles of Love\u201d for the St. Louis Crisis Nursery.<\/p>\n
The Outstanding Service Project award recognizes National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society chapters that make significant community service contributions at the local level. Projects submitted for the award are judged based on goals and organization, service impact, involvement, and the quality and clarity of a written summary. This year, five NHS and five NJHS schools received the award.<\/p>\n
The \u201cBundles of Love\u201d service project was conducted in 2008-2009. The purpose was to collect basic essentials for babies such as diapers, formula, blankets, bottles and more.<\/p>\n
Morgan Reichert, an eighth grader, is the chapter\u2019s secretary. The contest required the application be completed and submitted by a student. Chapter sponsors Emem Ituen, seventh grade social studies teacher, and Michaela Thomas, eighth grade guidance counselor, approached Reichert with the opportunity of being responsible for the application.<\/p>\n
Reichert wrote the essay about the project to explain why their chapter chose to work with the nursery. She worked with her co-officers for the application \u2013 Kirsten Henderson, president; Jordyn Wilson, treasurer; and Rachel Foister, vice president.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe worked really hard and spent a lot of time on the project,\u201d said Reichert. \u201cThe hard work and time paid off for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
To support the nursery, the chapter held a spirit week. Each day had a theme and students had to bring an item to participate. They also accepted cash donations, sold pizzas and made hug blankets – fleece blankets tied in knots at the edges – to donate to the nursery.<\/p>\n
The sponsors are proud of the student\u2019s efforts.\u201cIt really made me feel like the work we did was really needed,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cCharity is important and you do make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe try to look beyond the box and teach the students that the world is greater than where we live, and that we are our brother\u2019s keeper,\u201d said Ituen.<\/p>\n
The chapter has worked with the nursery, Make A Wish Foundation and Meds and Food for Kids to support relief in Haiti after the earthquake in early January. They have collected pull tabs for Ronald McDonald House and donated school supplies and personal care items to the International Institute of St. Louis.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo do what we\u2019ve done in a short amount of time is noteworthy,\u201d said Ituen. (story courtesy of Hazelwood Communications Dept.) <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Junior Honor Society at Hazelwood Northwest Middle School is a recipient of a 2010 Outstanding Service Project Award for a project called \u201cBundles of Love\u201d for the St. Louis Crisis Nursery. The Outstanding Service Project award recognizes National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society chapters that make significant community service contributions at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n