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January 19, 2010

Students serve in the name of MLK



Some high school students served in the name of Martin Luther King Jr. over the weekend.

Teenagers from Lehman High School in Kyle and Prairie Lea ISD gave up their Saturday to clean, caulk, paint and repair the Southside Community Center shelter.

“MLK Day is going on throughout the nation with different volunteer events happening, so we thought it was really important for the students to kind of understand the holiday and come out and give back as well,” said Jessica Lane of College Forward, the organization working with Lehman High School. “A lot of the students might be just watching TV or playing video games today, but instead they’re really excited to have the opportunity to get out here and do something good.”

The Southside Center relies heavily on volunteers, said programs director Josh Rhodes.

“It’s transformed the shelter from being just Southside to providing a service to really a complete atmosphere,” he said. “It adds a lot of heart to the shelter, rather than just being a cut and dry business.”

Teresa Akin, a teacher, coach and athletic director at Prairie Lea ISD, brought 13 high school seniors to Southside. They cleaned gutters, made the beds and prepared food for people staying in the shelter.

“That’s what we wanted to instill, that doing this will make you feel better and when you know that you’re doing something to help someone else, you’ve just got to keep doing it,” she said.



Teenagers from Lehman High School in Kyle and Prairie Lea ISD gave up their Saturday to clean, caulk, paint and repair the Southside Community Center shelter.

“MLK Day is going on throughout the nation with different volunteer events happening, so we thought it was really important for the students to kind of understand the holiday and come out and give back as well,” said Jessica Lane of College Forward, the organization working with Lehman High School. “A lot of the students might be just watching TV or playing video games today, but instead they’re really excited to have the opportunity to get out here and do something good.”

The Southside Center relies heavily on volunteers, said programs director Josh Rhodes.

“It’s transformed the shelter from being just Southside to providing a service to really a complete atmosphere,” he said. “It adds a lot of heart to the shelter, rather than just being a cut and dry business.”

Teresa Akin, a teacher, coach and athletic director at Prairie Lea ISD, brought 13 high school seniors to Southside. They cleaned gutters, made the beds and prepared food for people staying in the shelter.

“That’s what we wanted to instill, that doing this will make you feel better and when you know that you’re doing something to help someone else, you’ve just got to keep doing it,” she said.

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