Strengthening Communities One at a Time

By: Amber Mouton

Why Community Service is Important to Me

• I have the chance to help the community and people within the community become stronger.

• I can meet new people and have life enriching experiences.

• I can have the satisfaction of knowing that I have contributed to and helped those in the community that are in most need of help!

My Community Service Journey

• Georgia State Literary Meet 2006

• Volunteering at the Newman Center

• Apostolic Lighthouse Outreach Center Photo Fundraiser

State Literary Meet 2006

• State Literary is an event that I was involved with while in high school and I thought it would be fun to help out my fellow thespians who were hosting the event.

Richard Powers, Travis Peterson, Shanea Scott, Amber Mouton, and Christina Dela

Cruz

State Literary Meet 2006

• Schools from all over Georgia meet at one high school with their best vocalists, writers, and spellers.

• The students competing hope to take home a literary trophy in their area or in all areas.

Christina and me while an award is being announced!

State Literary Meet 2006

At the end of the day Christina and I celebrated the wonderful time we had doing community service at

our alma mater!

MMMM…PANCAKES!!

• The Newman Center hosted a fundraiser in order to raise money for graduating seniors gifts and new appliances to go around the Center.

• We met at Applebee's at 8 o’clock to prepare for the day ahead!

MMMM…PANCAKES!!

• The Menu:3 pancakes2 stripes of baconbeverage

• We served many people from around the Valdosta community who supported the Newman Center in their endeavors.

Clean-Up Anyone?

• Stefan, Christina, and I happily assist in the clean-up effort.

Apostolic Lighthouse Outreach Center

• Apostolic Lighthouse Outreach Center is my home church and my father is the pastor. We started from the ground up with a small seed offering and now, two years later, we are having our own fundraisers to receive money for our building and other community activities.

Apostolic Lighthouse Outreach Center Photo Fundraiser

• My home church had a family photo fundraiser to help with our building fund and other activities around our church. I was happy to devote two days to this wonderful cause!

Apostolic Lighthouse Outreach Center Photo Fundraiser

• These are a few of the students my brother and I have taught in Sunday School and they also attended the photo fundraiser with there family.

My Community Service Journey

• My experiences through community service were unforgettable and I enjoyed helping the communities that I live in. Whether in Valdosta or in my hometown of Warner Robins, community service is what makes a community a better place for the individuals who live there now and the ones who will live there in the future!

By: Amber Mouton