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CYO Community Service Corps (CSC)

CSC is a part of St. Helena’s Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) that is focused on the service aspect of our faith.

CSC at St. Helena’s is open to all students in our parish in Grades 5-8.

As a member of CSC, students participate in monthly service activities that benefit our parish and/or community.

Service Events are typically held on one Sunday a month at St. Helena’s and are usually 1.5 – 3 hours in length. Members will be notified via e-mail of each event, its goals and how they can contribute to the activity. CSC member contributions include time and talent as well as items used in the activity.

For those preparing to receive Confirmation, time spent in the CSC events can count towards service time needed.

The CSC Committee, composed of parish members, (who usually are parents of CSC members) meets monthly to plan all of the events and leads the activities. We are looking for new members of the CSC Committee, so if you are interested, please e-mail shs_csc@hotmail.com or call Marianne Smith (610)-278-0718.

For further information, you can e-mail shs_csc@hotmail.com or

call Marianne Smith at 610-278-0718

2008 – 2009

Community Service Corps (CSC) Schedule

2009 – 2010

Tentative

Community Service Corps (CSC) Schedule

Date	Time	Location	Event
September 20, 2009	3:00– 4:30 pm	Cafeteria	PB & J for the Patrician Society
October 18, 2009	3:00– 4:30 pm	Cafeteria	Halloween Candy Bags
November 15, 2009	After the Sunday 9:00 Masses until 12:30 pm	Gym Parking Lot	Leaf Raking – we need parents to help with this event!
November 22, 2009	After the Sunday 9:00 Masses until 12:30 pm	Gym Parking Lot	Leaf Raking - we need parents to help with this event!
December 20, 2009	3:00 – 4:30 pm	Cafeteria	Cookie Baking/Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Weekend of January 15-18, 2010	Various	Gym	Ambassadors for CYO Memorial Tournament
February 21, 2010	3:00 –4:30 pm	Cafeteria	Pasta Bake for the Missions Sisters of Charity
March - TBD	3:30 – 7:00 pm	TBD	TBD
April 18, 2010	9:00 AM Mass; 10 – 12 noon	Church and Narthex	Letters to the Troops after each Mass on Sunday

CSC

We just wanted to say Thank You to all of the CSC members and their parents, for a terrific year! We accomplished quite a lot this year helping out our community. Here is a list of the service projects we completed this school year – see how much we accomplished with 50 CSC Members!

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich for the Patrician Society
- Made over 400 sandwiches
Leaf Raking for seniors in our parish
- Filled over 300 Bags with leaves
CSC/CYO Mass/ Halloween bags and gifts for children in our community
- Made over 300 Halloween Bags/gifts
- Made over 75 friendship bracelets
CYO Basket Ball Tournament Ambassadors
- Provided over 3 days of assistance as greeters
Pasta and Meat Bakes for the Missionaries of Charity in Norristown
- Created over 15 trays plus 2 trays of chocolate covered pretzels
Easter bags and gifts for children in our community
- Made over 65 Easter goodie bags
- Made over 35 tissue paper flowers
CSC/CYO Mass and Donations/Letters to the Troops Campaign
- Collected 3 large contactor bags of donated items and over 75 letters of support which were sent to the Adam Conboy Memorial Fund.

We received several thank you notes from people who benefited from our efforts. With a little time and effort, we certainly made a difference!

We wish all of you a terrific end of the school year and summer. For those graduating from SHS, we wish you all the best in High School! We hope to see you back in September for another year of CSC!

The CSC Committee:

· Karen Holder

· Audrey Kauffman

· Mary Ann Schieve

· Susan Hughes

· Peg Maloney

· Marianne Smith

· Chrissy Jacobs

· Karen Rafferty