We will be going to Fox Meadow to do arts and crafts with first graders! There will be bracelet making, card making, and time for you to interact with the little kids. All crafts will be going to the White Plains Hospital Pediatric Speciality Center.
NOTE: SIGNING UP FOR THIS ACTIVITY MEANS YOU ARE COMMITTING TO PART OF COMMUNITY TIME, PERIOD 3, AND THE START OF LUNCH.
We will be baking cookies at Scarsdale Middle School to be donated to Pleasantville Cottages! We will also be packaging the cookies and decorating the bags! Can’t wait to bake!
NOTE: SIGNING UP FOR THIS ACTIVITY MEANS YOU ARE COMMITTING TO PART OF COMMUNITY TIME, PERIOD 3, LUNCH, AND THE START OF PERIOD 4. YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN BAGGED LUNCH.
Come pack backpacks for underprivileged kids in Westchester through an organization called El Centro Hispano. This is in order for them to have adequate supplies to have a better education because education is the way to get out of the cycle of poverty. We might also write uplifting messages to include in the bags!
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 partner with Becca’s Closet, an organization that provides prom dresses free of charge to teens in need. You will write brief, handwritten messages of encouragement and support that will be included with the prom dresses. These notes are meant to complement the dress by offering a personal message of confidence and reassurance, reminding each girl that she is valued and supported.
Join us to design and decorate colorful English & French bookmarks for patients at White Plains Hospital. You’ll get to be creative making bookmarks while also learning fun French phrases alongside their English translations!
Improv is Life – it's handy for everyday conversation and social situations. In the theatre, we use improv to build trust and a safe environment. Come to our session to learn how Improv can help you build confidence, friendships, and fun!
Friday May 22, 2026 10:42am - 11:26am EDT Little Theater
Care Without Borders gives Scarsdale High School students a hands-on way to make a real impact. Participants will create Welcome Kits for refugees resettling in the U.S., filling them with essential hygiene items, household basics, school supplies, and handwritten notes or drawings of encouragement. All kits made will be donated to The Bowery Mission, a refugee resettlement organization.
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 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.
The Model UN Club will be hosting an interactive debate where they introduce you to a topic around the value of "non sibi" Last year's topic was "Volun-tourism: Big Help or No Thanks?". In this workshop, you will be introduced to the topic before being split into teams and trained in Model UN style debate to advocate for your position. The period should be fast-paced and fun!
A relaxing art session to decorate traditional fans for a Korean senior day care to equip the elders for the hot weather in a way they are comfortable with.
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.
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.
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.
We will be stuffing bags with snacks and notes of encouragements that we will write for children living at a residential treatment center, Pleasantville Cottage School.
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.
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.
Bring your friends and turn old plastic bottles into decorations, planters and birdhouses to bring some brightness! They will be donated to Mt. Kisco Childcare, Kol Ami Temple, and the Coachman Shelter.
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!
