Provides activities and services to support the Oak Ridge community as well as helps to raise the children’s awareness of how we can help those in need. Some fun is also thrown in!
After School REC - Throughout the school year, we organize activities that are grade appropriate. Events typically include both a physical activity and something hands-on, like crafts, science or games. Often, we include a service project to support our community or those in need more broadly.
Committee Chairs – Heather Markus and Melissa Barnacz
Oakie’s Caring Hearts – Oakie’s Caring Hearts was formed to better help those in need within the Oak Ridge community as well as those with life threatening illnesses or life tragedies. We help Mrs. Beebe, the school counselor, run two special events that benefit Oak Ridge families in need. In November, we coordinate a Food Drive where you can sign up to fill a brown paper bag with groceries for one family's Thanksgiving dinner. A list of the specific items needed is provided. In December, we help Oak Ridge families during the holiday season by organizing the collection of gift cards, money for utilities, and stockings filled with age/gender appropriate items such as small toys/books/toiletries/games. We call this "Stockings and Mittens."
Committee Chair – Heather Markus