WHS Students Think Globally, Act Locally

Youth Service Day Comes to Boone April 25

Story by Kristen Street

Two WHS students load up on logs during last year’s Youth Service Day. Photo Submitted.

The second annual Watauga County Youth Service Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Young people from the area will meet at Watauga High School, disperse to complete their projects and end the day at the Dragonfly Theater.

Youth Service Day is a national movement where young people gather and spend the day serving their communities. The Mountain Alliance group, with the help of presenting sponsor Dr. Julia Tyson, DDS, organizes Youth Service Day.

Last year students volunteered at many locations building homes, washing, walking and playing with the cats and dogs at the Watauga County Humane Society, painting at the Two Rivers Community School, and much more.

All Watauga High School students are invited to volunteer their time and service to local businesses and community members throughout the county. Students will meet at WHS at 9:00 a.m. where they will sign in and be assigned to a service group and site. The specific locations of the service sites will remain a secret until the morning of the event. Students, accompanied by a Mountain Alliance staff member, will then be shuttled to individual service sites throughout the county. Snacks will also be provided.

After a satisfying day of hard work, students will be reunited at The Dragonfly Theater where they will celebrate and recount the accomplishments of the day as they eat, watch a slide show of pictures from the day, and enjoy performances by WHS bands Union Jack Rabbit and The Jolly Rogers.

WHS Students who did not participate in YSD, parents and community members are all invited to come to the Dragonfly Theater to join the YSD volunteers from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. There will be a $7 cover charge for those who did not participate in YSD.

This event is held to correspond with Global Youth Service Day, which is held during a weekend in April every year, and has millions of participants in more than 100 countries in every part of the world.

Youth Service Day works to better the community and its youth in three ways: It mobilizes youth to identify and address needs of their community through service, it supports youth on their life-long path of service and civic engagement, and it educates the public, the media, and policy makers about the year round contributions the youth in Watauga County are currently involved in.

Registration forms are now available in the Mountain Alliance and Watauga High School’s main office, and students who pre-register will receive a Watauga County Youth Service Day t-shirt.

For more information about Mountain Alliance, or details about Youth Service Day, call the Mountain Alliance office at 828-263-0383.

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