Student volunteers honored for summer Family Resource Center work, book distribution and bus mural
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The board heard a student spotlight on three Lebanon students who volunteered with the Family Resource Center this summer to staff feeding sites, distribute books and design a mural for a mobile reading bus; administrators reported the volunteers' time was recorded as in-kind support.
The Lebanon Special School District board recognized three student volunteers for their summer work with the district Family Resource Center, including supporting summer feeding sites, distributing books to build home libraries and designing a mural for a mobile book bus.
Beth Petty and Nita Hazman of the Family Resource Center introduced the students — Marley Gray, Bailey Davis and Addison Roth — and thanked parents and guardians for their support. Petty and Hazman described the students as regular contributors who helped Monday through Thursday during June and July and who supported events such as a 10'year celebration of the district'run summer feeding and reading program.
Student presenter Marley Gray said the program'wide celebration marked the summer feeding and reading program's 10th anniversary and, as reported at the meeting, the district distributed large numbers of meals and books during that period: the presentation listed roughly 98,839 breakfasts served, 166,003 lunches served, more than 50,000 books distributed, and more than 5,000 parent or caregiver visits over the program's 10'year span. The students described events including a free meal distribution at Dawn Fox Park, appearances by an international folk dance group, arts activities and school supply distributions coordinated with the fire department.
Student volunteer Bailey Davis described designing the mural for the mobile book bus using an art app and said each mural "story window" was intended to show small scenes children would enjoy, such as music, animals, sports and space. Family Resource Center staff said the student volunteers logged summer hours that the district reports as in'kind volunteer time; the packet and speakers reported a calculated in'kind value of $24,314 using a state department rate of $0.3349 per hour. (The transcript records the hours in a manner that is ambiguous in transcription; the $24,314 in'kind value was stated aloud.)
Board members expressed appreciation for the students and for the Family Resource Center's community partnerships. The spotlight was presented during the meeting prior to the regular business agenda.
The board did not take formal action on the spotlight; the presentation was informational.