TSUNAMI AND HAITI RELIEF
In the past few weeks, students and faculty have raised funds to help with relief for victims of the tsunami in Samoa and the earthquake in Haiti.
MH FOLLOWS THE 'GOLDEN RULE'
Jesus taught that we are to treat others as we would have them treat us. He also stressed the importance of compassion and service. MHBS attempts to follow His lead. Students are expected to be involved with community service projects and to use every opportunity to help others in need.
ANNUAL CANNED FOOD DRIVE
One of the many community service activities for MHBS students involves the canned food drive at the end of the fall term. Seniors Caitlyn Watkins and Addison Pointer sift through and organize the hundreds of cans of donated food. The food that is collected is distributed to local relief agencies and churches that distribute food to needy families in the Shoals area.
SERVICE PROJECTS FOR MHBS STUDENTS:
- Light the Night
- Cerebral Palsy Telethon
- Habitat for Humanity
- Collecting aluminum tabs for Ronald McDonald House
- Northwest Alabama Special Olympics
- Restoration and Upkeep of the historic John Coffee Cemetery
- Red Cross Blood Drive
- Assisting with hurricane, tsunami, tornado relief projects
- Canned Food Drive for local charities
- Toys for Peru
- Haitian Earthquake Relief
- Under the able oversight of American History teacher, Mr. David Williams, sophomore and junior history classes maintain the area's oldest cemetery. Mr. Williams and his classes began the restoration of the site three decades ago when it was rapidly deteriorating and in danger of being destroyed. After clearing and restoring the site over several years, the classes now maintain it.
- Class officers are currently collecting funds to be used in providing relief for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. MHBS graduate Joseph Smith ('92), Director of Operations for Healing Hands International located in Nashville TN is among those in the forefront of the relief effort. MH Athletic Director, Mr. Mike Mitchell, is scheduled to travel to the orphanage in Cap Haitien during March.
AMERICAN HISTORY CLASSES CONTINUE UPKEEP OF HISTORIC JOHN COFFEE CEMETERY
HAITIAN RELIEF PROJECT
