Harbor School service learning

Harbor School students were excited to spend three days in the Service Learning program that they call “GiveBack.” Groups of students identify and engage with complex issues like hunger, pollinator collapse, homelessness, childhood illness, or elder care. The mixed age groups find projects and needs with which they can begin to help. The students rebuilt the Eden Reframed garden at the B.A.R.C. Skatepark to promote bees. They worked with both our Vashon Food Bank and the Northwest Harvest Food Bank to prepare food. There were visits to both the Pioneer Square Medical Clinic and to Children’s Hospital to learn about medical care. Our elementary students continued their relationships with our elder friends at the Vashon Care Center and were also able to help with the development of a new “game” through the Gates Foundation to connect students across the globe to solve problems in their countries. It was a huge week that was valuable to the students themselves, our community at large, and especially the many causes that need support from all of us.