{"id":3621,"date":"2012-01-27T09:31:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T14:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:12","slug":"to-celebrate-key-club-members-volunteered-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=3621","title":{"rendered":"To Celebrate, Key Club Members Volunteered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PHS Key Club did something different to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Key Club members volunteered for the day at schools, The Boys and Girls Club, as well as other organizations. Photo by: Patricia Ortiz<\/p><\/div>\n

By: Patricia Ortiz<\/p>\n

On January 15, the U.S. celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The PHS Key Club did something very special to celebrate this holiday. \u00a0The PHS Key Club volunteered at multiple locations around Plymouth to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.<\/p>\n

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Junior Nicole Splix explains that members went to, \u201call of the elementary schools, Riverside, and places around the community, including the Humane Society and the Boys and Girls Club.\u201d \u00a0The places where the members went to was selected by the members themselves. \u00a0Some members chose to go to their old schools to see teachers or friends and family.<\/p>\n

The Key Club members who went to the schools to volunteer helped the teachers. \u00a0Senior Kylie Ludwig volunteered at Webster Elementary. \u00a0According to Ludwig, she and Danielle Becktel helped with paper work. \u00a0She said, that, \u201cWe mainly bonded with the kids. \u00a0We went to recess, lunch, and gym with them. \u00a0It was awesome!\u201d \u00a0Helping the teachers in any way possible was basically what the students did. \u00a0Not only did they help grade papers, but they also helped the students with their activities. \u00a0Freshman Cassie Quissell says that she and the fifth grade class did, \u201can area and perimeter worksheet.\u201d \u00a0Junior Kurt Corsbie was also another member that volunteered at an elementary school. \u00a0He says that he helped the students by helping, \u201cteach class and helped the third graders individually.\u201d \u00a0Sophomore Kameron Markovich was a Key Club member that went to the Boys and Girls Club of Marshall county to volunteer. \u00a0According to Markovich his volunteering activities were to sweep, dry and mop, \u201cthe gym floors. \u00a0Also, I cleaned the weight-lifting room.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freshman Allie Wright says that the main purpose of volunteering on Martin Luther King Jr.\u00a0 day was that, \u201cMLK day is Martin Luther King Day, and in memory of him, people around the world take a day to just do things for others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was not only a time to volunteer and help the community, but it also allowed the students to have fun while helping. \u00a0This experience certainly led to lots of fun and great memories that the members of Key Club will forever cherish. \u00a0 Students that helped with Martin Luther King Jr. day had a favorite part of their experience volunteering. \u00a0Splix says that her favorite part about volunteering was, \u201cknowing that I was helping teachers get things done that they don\u2019t necessarily have time for.\u201d \u00a0Ludwig\u2019s favorite part about volunteering for Martin Luther King Jr. Day was being with the kids. \u00a0She says that she developed a bond with a little girl with her same last name. \u00a0Ludwig adds that the little girl was so funny and that she even saved her a seat at lunch. \u00a0Then Ludwig says that, \u201cafter all the kids left that day, I left her [a] note so she would find it the next day. \u00a0Mrs. Becktel said that first Kylie found the note and was so excited and was bragging to all the kids in the class. \u00a0It makes me happy to be a type of role model for the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Key Club Members said that they would all go back and volunteer again for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. \u00a0Missing one day of school may have put these students behind, but they had so much fun that they would not mind doing it all over again. \u00a0Quissell said that she, \u201cwould love to re-experience this because I had such a great time, and loved hanging around the little kids.\u201d \u00a0Markovich said that he would most definitely like to do this again. \u00a0He said that volunteering for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, \u201cwas actually a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Martin Luther King Jr. was celebrated on Monday January 16. To celebrate MLK Day Key club did something very special. Photo by: Patricia Ortiz<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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