Virtual Service Learning and FAQ's

  

Q: What is the plan regarding UD service hours for the 2020-2021 school year?

A: Casady will freeze required service learning hours for all 9th-12th grade students for 2020-2021. We will continue the 45 hour graduation requirement for all UD students in 2021-2022.

Q: Are service hours still logged during the upcoming school year?

A: During the school year 2020-2021 UD students log completed service hours on MobileServe to receive credit.

Q: What are some suggestions for (social distance appropriate) service activities to complete my service goals?

A: There are many options for remote service learning. Below are some ideas; however, projects are not limited to my suggestions. Just remember to maintain social distancing as recommended by the CDC when engaging in all service experiences. Additionally all UD students are required to document service by taking screenshots/photos or recordings of your activity and posting on MobileServe along with your service logs. All activities must be done with parental permission.

Education Service Opportunities (United Nations Goal #4: Quality Education)

• Arrange to tutor or read to an elementary child via Skype or another social platform.
• With parental permission, make a YouTube video teaching a craft or a skill you may have. (ie. origami, sketching, cooking, playing an instrument, etc.
• Start up a pen pal project with children in other countries, schools, cultures, etc.
• Learn a new skills such as knitting or crocheting. Make baby caps or blankets to donate to the local Pregnancy Crisis Center or Infant Crisis Center. Donations are accepted via USPS mail service.
  Hope Pregnancy Crisis Center OKC North
  Phone: 405-755-5433
  Mailing Address: 10327N. May Ave.
  Oklahoma City, OK 73120
  
  Infant Crisis Center
  Phone: 405-528-3663
  Mailing Address: 4224 N. Lincoln Blvd.
  Oklahoma City, OK 73105

• Red Cross Missing Maps Project: https://www.missingmaps.org/

Each year, disasters around the world kill nearly 100,000 and affect or displace 200 million people. Many of the places where these disasters occur are literally 'missing' from any map and first responders lack the information to make valuable decisions regarding relief efforts. Missing Maps is an open, collaborative project in which you can help to map areas where humanitarian organizations are trying to meet the needs of vulnerable people. This project was founded by the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders and Humanitarian Open Street Team. 

Ways to participate:

1) Individual contributors learn to map roads, using their own device, from home

2) Organize a group "Mapathon" either virtually or in person

Environmental Service Opportunities (United Nations Goal #13: Climate Action)

• Clean up a local stream, park, or pond with your family.
• Adopt a stretch of road to clean up.
• Rake leaves or mow an elderly neighbor's yard. 
• Sort recyclable items and take to the local recycling center.

Food Related Service Opportunity Ideas (United Nations Goal #2: Zero Hunger)
Facilities are open shortened hours or by appointment only. Please call ahead to schedule your donation drop off to any listed facilities.

• With parental permission clean out your pantry and donate canned food items to a food pantry such as:

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
Phone: 405-972-1111
Address: 3355 S. Purdue St., Oklahoma City, OK 73137

Salvation Army Center of Hope
Phone: 405-246-1100
Address: 1001 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73107

Skyline Urban Ministries
Phone: 405-632-2644
Address: 500 SE 15th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73129

Other Service Opportunity Ideas (United Nations Goal #1: No Poverty)
Facilities are open shortened hours or by appointment only. Please call ahead to schedule your donation drop off to any listed facilities.

• With parental permission clean out closets and donate unwanted household items, clothing, shoes, and eyeglasses to any of the following:

Salvation Army Center of Hope

Phone: 405-246-1100
Address: 1001 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73107

Skyline Urban Ministries
Phone: 405-632-2644
Address: 500 SE 15th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73129

Religious Service Opportunity Ideas (United Nations Goal #3: Health and Wellbeing)

• Contact your House of Worship and offer to make a DVD reading or acting out a Bible story for a children's Sunday School class.
• Contact the church, synagogue, or temple office; offer to update, create a website, or a page to showcase ministry offerings. 
• Make a DVD of a puppet show or a flannel board presentation to illustrate a Bible Story for children's church.

Senior Service Opportunity Ideas (United Nations Goal #3: Health and Wellbeing)Donations are accepted via USPS mail service. 

• Make spring or holiday cards for nursing home residents. Mail the package of cards to the nursing facility of your choice along with a note of explanation.
• Arrange to tutor or read to an elderly person via Skype or another social platform.
• Make an entertainment DVD playing an instrument, reading poetry, or performing a monologue. Mail the DVD to a senior residence with an accompanying explanatory note.
• Contact the senior facility to offer to update, create a website, or a page to showcase any new offerings. 


Here is a list of some local senior residential facilities:

          Brookdale Assisted Living and Memory Care (34 residents)

          Phone: 405-463-4355

          Mailing Address: 2333 Manchester Dr., Oklahoma City, OK 73120.

          The Fountains at Canterbury (160 residents)
          Phone: 405-381-8165
          Mailing Address: Attn: Trish Pressley, 1404 NW 122nd St., Oklahoma City, OK 73114

          Lionwood Senior Living (120 residents)         
          Phone: 405-755-3200
          Mailing Address: Attn: April, 12525 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73120
         

          Tuscany Nursing Center ( residents)         
          Phone: 405-286-0835
          Mailing Address: 2333 Tuscany Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73120

• Write a letter or letters to the students at the Bishop McAllister School in Uganda. Each letter should be a minimum of 50 words. Click here to review parts of a friendly letter and an example letter. Letters will be sent through Fr. Youmans with a future Casady care package.
  
  Casady School
  Attn: Fr. Tim Sean Youmans
  9500 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
  Oklahoma City, OK 73120.

• Write letters to soldiers or veterans. Letters are sent in care packages to deployed service men and women. Please mail letters with an accompanying note of explanation to:
  
  Blue Star Mothers of Edmond
  P.O. Box 30875, Edmond, OK 73003
  
  Oklahoma City VA Health Care System (Veterans Hospital)
  921 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73104