STRATFORD — This summer, Sterling House Community Center is offering Summer of Service, a youth volunteer program for Stratford students going into 8th, 9th and 10th grades, according to Robert J. Wargo, Jr., Director of Volunteers.
The program gives students the opportunity to actively participate in organized part-time volunteer experiences that meet community needs. These service-learning activities provide students with personal growth, including the development of social and civic responsibility, increased social skills with peers and adults, enhanced self-esteem, and a sense of accomplishment.
Students and their parents are invited to attend an orientation and registration meeting on Thursday, May 28, at 7:00 p.p. at the Sterling House, 2283 Main Street, Stratford.
Summer of Service will begin Saturday, June 27, with training and orientation and continue until July 31, with the students being placed in different volunteer sites such as Lord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Grace Lutheran Summer Camp, Stratford Library, and the Garbage Museum.
For more information about the Summer of Service program, visit Sterling House on the web at www.sterlinghousecc.org or call Sterling House Community Center at 378-2606 x 113.