National Junior Beta Club Lost Mountain Middle School 2018-2019 Sponsors: Betsy Sanford, Marla Welsh, Sue O’Neil, Amanda Wilhelm Thursday, August 23, 2018 Meeting Notes

What is Beta? A national honor society 7th or 8th grade students Must maintain an A/B average throughout the school year. Register online at the club website Motto: “Leadership through Service” Complete 20 volunteer service hours for the school year. Cost to Join = $20.00

Beta Communications Meetings – 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month 8:15 am, classroom 707 LMMS National Junior Beta Club website - http://lmmsbeta.weebly.com/ Remind – join the text message stream @d3hck

Service Project Ideas @ School Teacher Service Working in teacher classrooms Recycling Pick Up Working with Healthy Habits and the MOID class to collect recycling Soda can tab top collection for the Ronald McDonald House Charity Bring your tab tops to meetings or add them to the containers in the commons Arts/crafts service projects completed at monthly Beta meetings. Example: blanket tying for Calvary Children’s Home Sign Up Genius for monthly donations and service Assisted living, community services, local pet shelters

Service Project Ideas Outside of School Your favorite volunteer spot Local charities Local churches Local assisted living homes Local pet shelters Local elementary schools 9fairs, festivals) Local high schools Kemp Elementary School Reading Club 2018-2019 coming soon!

Operation Shoebox All donations due Wednesday 9/19/18 Turn in to room 707 To see a list of items to donate, go to http://www.operationshoebox.com/ Scroll over “volunteers” Scroll over “how you can help” Click on “care packages”

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others -Mahatma Ghandi My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. -John F. Kennedy