Join us for a hands-on environmental service experience at the Bronx River! In this interactive scavenger hunt-style cleanup, students will work in teams to collect and identify different types of litter and natural materials along the river. Participants will earn points based on what they find, with fun prizes for top collectors. Through this activity, we will help reduce pollution in the Bronx River while learning about environmental care and the importance of protecting local ecosystems. Everyone who participates will receive a small goodie bag as a thank-you for contributing to this meaningful service effort.
NOTE: SIGNING UP FOR THIS ACTIVITY MEANS YOU ARE COMMITTING TO PERIOD 2 AND THE START OF COMMUNITY TIME.
Students will first collaboratively build physical prototypes of table organizers before using Tinkercad to translate their ideas into digital models. This hands-on program introduces the engineering design process and concludes with the Engineering Club providing 3D-printed versions of the students' finished designs.
NOTE: THIS SESSION WILL LEAVE AT THE START OF PERIOD 2 AND RETURN AT THE END OF COMMUNITY TIME.
Join Safe Bites for a quick introduction to food allergies and their link to food insecurity. Then, help make allergen-friendly snacks (primarily granola bars) to donate to local food pantries and community organizations (including Feeding Westchester). All ingredients and materials will be provided, and the finished snacks will be delivered to partner organizations after the event.
Come make bracelets with little messages on them to remind people to hydrate. We will be selling them during the club fair and donating the money to the Charity Water Organization.
There are many pride flags and most are under-represented. Even seen a pride flag and wondered what it meant? This is the workshop for you! In our session, we will be looking at under-represented pride flags and learning their meanings as well as making bracelets to donate to an LGBTQ+ nonprofit, Center Lane, in White Plains.
Join us for bracelet making for White Plains Hospital patients through the creative heARTs program! Our service will be giving these bracelets to patients, and bringing awareness to our peers.
Join us in making beaded bracelets to give to kids in the Hispanic community! Enjoy listening to a brief speaker from the Centro Hispano organization and then listen to Spanish music throughout bracelet making!
During the Girl Up Club’s session, students will create empowering collages using printed photos and scrap materials. These collages will feature famous inventions created by women, designed to inspire and support our community. The completed collages will be donated to the Scarsdale Public Library to spread positivity beyond our school.
Our goal is to provide a hands-on opportunity for students to engage in community service by creating visual messages of encouragement. This session will foster creativity and teamwork among students and encourage sustainability!
We are going to decorate sugar cookies that will be sold during the Community Time club fair! The money we make from selling the cookies will go to Westchester Jewish Community Services.
The session will begin with a presentation about Friends of Karen, a nonprofit organization for families under the poverty line with terminally ill children. After that, we will be making craft kits for the kids in the hospitals and their siblings. You will also be making cards with uplifting messages and fun designs!
We will be assembling welcome bags for the incoming campers at Steve's Camp with supplies they will need to get them through the summer! Steve's Camp provides an experience in nature for children from NYC.
This period will begin with an introduction of current pressing NYS legislation regarding students, and will transition into a lesson on how to advocate effectively through letter writing to legislators. Change-makers, make your voice heard through this session!
Participants will assemble all the resources to perform a chromatography experiment in packaged kits that will be sent out to underserved children. There will be art supplies to decorate the packaging bags at the end as well as notes to be included inside the kit.
Simulate a court case with evidence and eyewitnesses to learn more about wrongful conviction and how "mistakes" get made in the criminal justice system.
You will collaborate with your peers to redesign common sports, making them more inclusive for athletes with disabilities while remaining fun and competitive. Considering factors like rules, equipment, and team roles, you will get creative about adapting sports for inclusion. While mentally focusing on these creative adaptations, you will make bracelets with messages of inclusion to be given to Able athletes.
Reading Buddies is a club that travels to Yonkers each week to read and do homework with students at public schools! In our session, we'll pack back-to-school goodie bags for these kids. Come decorate bags, color bookmarks, write good luck cards, talk about your favorite books, and pack exciting toys to gift these students at the beginning of next school year.
Join us for a interactive and educational choking rescue session! Practice on dummies with Jim Gross, a paramedic and SVAC board member. This session will introduce you to real-life, life-saving skills that could make the difference in an emergency.
During this session participants will help by coloring pamphlets with information about simple saving and investing. These pamphlets will be given out to members at the Boys and Girls Club of Northern Westchester. After the pamphlets are made, students will take part in an investing simulation game.
In this session, you will first learn about the Midnight Run organization and what it does, and then you will pack toiletry bags and write cards to go inside that will go out on the next Midnight Run.
This Non Sibi Day session will involve the process of creating a filtration system for microplastics. These small particles have multiple negative affects on our environment and people. Come to this session to get to know what the effects truly are!
In this session, students will each create their own (or multiple!) small tile(s) using Model Magic, adding their own designs, colors, and details using sculpting tools. All of the individual tiles will then be combined to form a larger mosaic of a fish, which will be displayed at the Scarsdale Public Library. For students seeking an extra challenge, we will also have custom tiles with more detailed designs, featuring seaweed, coral, and more.
Join us to learn how to administer Narcan to people who have overdosed. We provide some background on Narcan, teach students how to administer Narcan, allow them to practice administering it, and then give them kits to take home.
NOTE: THIS SESSION IS ONLY OPEN TO 10TH AND 11TH GRADERS.
Get ready to de-stress and do something meaningful! We're starting with a short presentation on the importance of mental health, then we'll vibe out while folding origami to brighten the day for senior citizens at The Osborn. Afterward, you will share your tips about de-stressing, and then we will create a poster to give students a much-needed mood boost. Come hang out, get your craft on, and make a real impact!
Join us for a hands-on session to package essential meals for families and individuals facing food insecurity in our area. By working directly with Second Chance Foods (a non-profit organization based in Brewster, NY), we are helping reduce food waste while providing direct, immediate support to those in need.
Join us for a Breast Cancer Awareness event where you’ll write encouraging cards, fold meaningful origami, create inspiring bracelets, and decorate pink ribbons — all to spread hope and strength to those affected by breast cancer at White Plains Hospital. Be rewarded with tasty treats like pink cupcakes and pink lemonade. Come for the treats, stay to make a difference, and leave knowing your small acts of kindness can brighten someone’s biggest battle.
Up to 4 teams race to build a cup tower, but every cup must be earned. Teams are given conflict scenarios by officers. Submit a unified answer your whole team agrees on, get a cup. First team to finish their tower wins, but only one teammate can end up in 1st place, voted on by the rest based on their contribution. Officers act as mediators, guiding teams toward logical solutions throughout. This challenge builds real skills: resolving conflict fast, knowing when to compromise, and when to push for more.
Create heartfelt cards for patients at the Burke Rehabilitation Center. These small gestures make a big difference and encourage those who need it most. After creating your cards, you can paint rocks with your own unique designs and messages. These creations will be proudly displayed around Scarsdale, just like last year’s exhibit outside the public library.
Build practical stress-management skills and put them to use. Participants will discuss real-life stress and coping, try a guided box breathing exercise, and learn how mindfulness can improve focus and emotional balance. Then, as a service project, each person will create three “Mindfulness Guide” brochures to share simple, useful strategies with others in the community.
Come participate in a group walkathon to support the organization Feeding Westchester. Students should bring in canned/boxed food for donations, which will be collected on Non Sibi Day.
Along with the City Meals on Wheels program, The Linguistics Club is running a workshop where we'll write cards to isolated senior citizens in NYC in their native languages, many of whom don't have anyone to see regularly. If you know Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, French, German, or Italian--your skills would be greatly appreciated and will be a great comfort to seniors who may rarely communicate in their native languages. English speakers are also more than welcome to come help; we also need letters in English!
