Put Others First Service Week

Put Others First Service Week By Stephanie Nguyen | Kennedy Key Club

From June 14 th – June 20 th , John F. Kennedy held a ‘Put Others First’ service week, where members got the opportunity to submit pics each day for 0.5 hours each, and the limit of hours they could receive was 1 hour each day. Throughout these past 7 days, members were given multiple opportunities to serve their community virtually as well as bond with their close friends and family throughout this week. Sunday’s was ‘Serving Sunday’ and the requirement for the day was to do a chore for someone, like for example, cleaning the living room, preparing a meal, doing the dishes, etc., as long as they were doing something for someone else. Monday’s was ‘Make it Monday’ where members got to write cards to children in hospitals and mail them. Tuesday’s was ‘Tasty Tuesday’ where members got the chance to make a meal for someone they care about, whether it is for a family member or close friend, and to surprise them with the delicious food. Wednesday’s was ‘Water Wednesday’ where members filled out a survey that was provided to them, and to choose the Clean Water Fund, and when they finished filling out the survey, they have donated money to the water fund, providing clean water for many people! Thursday’s was ‘Talk it Out Thursday’ where members were given the opportunity to video call and have the chance to talk to their family members or friends who either live far away or close to them. Members had the chance to bond with the ones they love and to spend time with them for the day. Friday’s was ‘Feeding Animals Friday’, members were given the chance to answer a quick question on an animal website and when completed, you have already donated a specific amount of pet food for pets, which gave the pets food to eat and to feed them! And lastly Saturday’s was ‘Save the World Saturday’ by helping the environment such as picking up trash from dirty areas or from the ground, and/or recycling bottles and other things. Put Yourself First service week was made to put others before others and to embody the Key Club value of caring and to care for the people around us.