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Nearly 40 students and staff from the Serviam Girls Academy in New Castle and the Wilmington Friends School showed up to the Delaware Center for Horticulture demonstration gardens Wilmington’s Trolley Square neighborhood to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service.
“We very much appreciated the students coming out to The Delaware Center for Horticulture on Martin Luther King Day. The plantings really thrive by having a layer of mulch, and the volunteers worked so hard to help get our gardens looking great,” said Special Events Coordinator Marcia Stephenson, who oversees volunteer activities at The DCH.
School officials called it a win-win.
“In latin Serviam means ‘I will serve,’ and we hold true to that at our school,” said Rachael Romond, a Public Ally at Serviam. “We strive to make sure our students understand the importance of serving others, not only on MLK Jr. Day, but throughout the year. If Dr. King were alive today I think he would be ecstatic to see youth participating in acts of service. By volunteering with the Delaware Center for Horticulture, Serviam students were able to work together to accomplish a task, while learning about themselves, the organization, and the impact that they can make.”
The school, a 50199(c)3 school, was started in 2008 by a group of dedicated parents, teachers, and Ursuline Sisters, Serviam Girls Academy. Modeled in the Ursuline tradition, the Academy instills the importance of service with the overarching goal of encouraging them to become catalysts of positive change in their communities.
Nearly 40 students and staff from the Serviam Girls Academy in New Castle and the Wilmington Friends School showed up to the Delaware Center for Horticulture demonstration gardens Wilmington’s Trolley Square neighborhood to honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service.
“We very much appreciated the students coming out to The Delaware Center for Horticulture on Martin Luther King Day. The plantings really thrive by having a layer of mulch, and the volunteers worked so hard to help get our gardens looking great,” said Special Events Coordinator Marcia Stephenson, who oversees volunteer activities at The DCH.
School officials called it a win-win.
“In latin Serviam means ‘I will serve,’ and we hold true to that at our school,” said Rachael Romond, a Public Ally at Serviam. “We strive to make sure our students understand the importance of serving others, not only on MLK Jr. Day, but throughout the year. If Dr. King were alive today I think he would be ecstatic to see youth participating in acts of service. By volunteering with the Delaware Center for Horticulture, Serviam students were able to work together to accomplish a task, while learning about themselves, the organization, and the impact that they can make.”
The school, a 50199(c)3 school, was started in 2008 by a group of dedicated parents, teachers, and Ursuline Sisters, Serviam Girls Academy. Modeled in the Ursuline tradition, the Academy instills the importance of service with the overarching goal of encouraging them to become catalysts of positive change in their communities.
