By Linda Parsons | Program Coordinator
January 2013 has brought a renewed interest in volunteering. We started the year with several new potential Lunch Buddy volunteers and are hoping to gain even more interested adults with the publication of articles in the Milwaukie Pilot newsletter and the Happy Valley newsletter about the great work our program does in our community.
We are currently serving 65 children in 15 different North Clackamas elementary schools. There are children on waiting lists in every school so we are hoping to reach at least 85-90 volunteers by the end of the 2012-2013 school year.
A Principal at one of the schools we serve recently said, "the studens at our school that are lucky enough to have a Lunch Buddy benefit greatly from the relationship they develop with a caring adult mentor. It is a joy to see the faces of our studens light up when their Buddy arrives for lunch, often bringing with them a craft project, or game to complete with their student. Some of these relationships last throughout the student's elementary school experience, and by the end of that journey, the buddy is really more like family. Our studens learn ad grow from the guidance, patience and focused attention of these caring volunteers. We couldn't ask for better relationships, we would only ask for more volunteers, as we have a very long wiating list of studens who are hoping to be partnered up soon!"
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