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that they spent as much time driving to and from the school site as they spent in activities at the school.
The Table provides the story of project accomplishments at the school and demonstrates how Omega
Chapter developed its “power” to serve in our local community.

Table
Highlights of Project Outcomes
Focus Groups Action: Project Focus Areas Totals:
and Timing Number of…

September: Facilitated students in making two tied-fleece blankets Volunteers: 7
as a service project; donated to the early childhood (EC)
After-School classroom and the nurse’s station. Volunteer Hours:
Program 23
Grades 5 -6 Facilitated making 44 mini-blankets (also serve as icebag
(14-18 students covers) donated to EC and kindergarten (K) classrooms as Full-sized
per session; a service project. blankets: 2
7 sessions; 22
students total) Facilitated making 22 mini-blankets/ice bag covers for Mini-blankets/
each 4th-6th grader to take home. icebag covers: 66

Donated books and conducted book studies of Freewater Books Donated:
(Luqman-Dawson, 2023); books also were sent home to 22
build personal libraries at home.
October: Donated 44 full-sized blankets (purchased, fleece) to go Volunteers: 3
home with the students.
1 EC Class & Volunteer Hours:
2 K Classes Donated 44 children’s books and read to classrooms. 5
(44 children) Omega Chapter members read the book All Are Neighbors
(Penfold, 2022); children took books and blankets home.
Book Donated: 47
Donated 3 books for classroom use: All Are Neighbors
(Penfold, 2022), one per classroom.
Mid-October Volunteered in classrooms Volunteers: 7
through Omega Chapter members worked in language, literacy,
Mid-December: and mathematics with individuals, small groups, and whole Volunteer Hours:
classrooms as K–3 teachers directed. We served six 38
Volunteering (K-3) classrooms, two of which had volunteers twice a week.

December 9, 2023 Donated to the school’s discretionary fund
The principal spoke at the December Brunch as a culminating Total donation
Supporting the celebration of the project (and to educate us about the to the school’s
School’s school demographics and work of the school). In addition discretionary
Discretionary to Omega Chapter members’ monetary donations, we gave fund to support
Fund the principal our usual $50 speakers’ fee to nonprofits and educational
rounded up ($23) to a donation of $700 to the school’s excellence: $700
discretionary fund.

Overall, we supplied the elementary school with the following resources:
• Worked 66 volunteer hours, donated 69 culturally relevant books and 44 full-sized fleece blankets,
and facilitated students in making 66 mini-blankets/icepack covers and 2 full-sized blankets to

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