Community Service

Community Service Summer Camp

Believe it or not, Maclay now offers a summer camp for service! This summer, Upper School teacher Caroline Scheer (‘01) organized a two-week camp that had 27 students (21 Maclay students). It was a great two weeks of helping agencies in the community and having the opportunity to be hands-on and make an impact. Agencies included The Kearney Center, Equine Therapy, Ability 1st, Second Harvest, Hang Tough Foundation, and the Holocaust Education Resource Center.

Support for Haiti

The Upper School French Club, Key Club, and Universal Human Rights Initiative worked with a local pastor to send school supplies to Haiti after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on August 14th devastated the south of the country and killed almost 2,000 people.

Lee’s Garden

Several members of Key Club spent Veterans Day sprucing up Lee’s Garden. The Garden, which was named for Lee Rabalais, a student at Maclay who died of bone cancer at age 14, was created by then-student Mike Moody in Lee’s honor as an Eagle Scout Project many years ago. The service club on campus rededicated the Garden in 2019.

Guardium Ad Litem

Many classes and service clubs all pitched in this year to support the Guardium Ad Litem program. Students collected and shopped for gifts and gift cards that were delivered to the GAL to be distributed to over 50 children.

Pink Out

Maclay once again participated in the area’s Pink Out Day to bring awareness to Breast Cancer and show support for those who have been impacted by the disease. Students and staff in all divisions dressed in pink during October.

Foster Family Santa Social

Key Club hosted the first Northwest Florida Foster Family Support social on campus in December. Members set up stations with arts and crafts, hot chocolate, and a visit with Santa. It was a special afternoon not only for these families but for Key Club members who spent the afternoon with them.

COTA Says Thank You

One of the first projects of the year for the Middle School Community Outreach Through the Arts (COTA) class was to create thank you cards to healthcare workers at TMH, in Tennessee, and at Emory in Atlanta. Students not only designed and created the cards but also wrote notes of gratitude. One note COTA teacher Kim Daniel received back from Tennova Healthcare said, “I read one of the cards in a manager meeting this morning. Not a dry eye in the room!”