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#StellerGives: Alana P.

This photo is from me volunteering at the mobile food bank on Saturday 11/21/20 in Fairview.

Hi, I’m seventeen year old Alana Rose P. I am a junior at Steller Secondary this year. For the past four years I have volunteered through the Foodbank of Alaska to help run the monthly mobile food banks in Fairview here in Anchorage. I have also volunteered at the Thanksgiving Blessing, GRIT ( Girls. Ridding. Into Tomorrow) Anchorage. This is two days out of the week for eight weeks in the spring. Most recently I have volunteered with Anchorage Teen Council, which is a group dedicated to providing an educational sex ed experiance for ASD students. We meet once a week plus extra days for teaching.

I also volunteer through Steller as well, helping with the Steller Auction, Steller NHS President, TPC member, Op Group Sergeant at Arms and Yearbook director for the Steller yearbook. I have also helped run almost every dance at Steller since my 7th grade year.

I find it very fulfilliing to give back to the people that gave the most to me. All these programs and resources have helped me or given me people to help support me through my home, academic, and social life. I wanna help build that same community for others since I know it was the fundamental building blocks of who I am today, I feel I do that through volunteering I know I’m making a difference in my community.

Alana

Steller Junior

We are so proud of all the work you do to make your community a better place! Well done Alana.

To learn more about #StellerGives, and submit your own stories about yourself, or someone you know who should be recognized, visit here.

#StellerGives: TPC

During a non-pandemic year the Technical Production Club is responsible for making sure all dances, assemblies, plays, and the talent show have proper sound and lighting. This includes things like microphones, music, spotlights, and stage lights. We also help with setting up and planning some dances. TPC meets once a week to discuss future dances/events, how past dances went, and what we need to buy/do to improve/make the dances more fun.

TPC gives back to the Steller community by running dances which raise money for OP group. We currently have around 20 members.

We want to hear your stories! To learn more about #StellerGives please see here.

#StellerGives: National Honors Society

Stellerâ€™s chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) is a service oriented organization. Membership is by invitation and is open to academically inclined students who are interested in giving back to their community. Brian Gehring serves as the NHS advisor.

This year, NHS students have focused on helping prevent food insecurity. They have spent time volunteering with the Mobile Food Bank and the Thanksgiving Blessing event. This valuable work has involved packing food items in boxes and lending their strong backs to the work of moving the boxes along the supply chain to those in need.

NHS students have also been able to establish and support a Steller Homework Club. The Homework Club initiative has been valuable for students needing support with academic tutoring and to those seeking help to improve their study skills and study habits.

National Honor Society is open to all Sophomores that have earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Invitations are sent to qualifying students after the completion of their first semester. Members in good standing must attend regularly scheduled meetings and complete a minimum of 20 hours of community service.

If you think you might enjoy joining our organization, we would appreciate your support and contributions.

Submitted by the National Honours Society

Thank you to all the students that participate in the NHS. We are proud of the work you do to make Steller, and Anchorage a better place to live!

Want to join the #StellerGives campaign?

Let’s celebrate the contributions we all make – big and small – and accept the challenge to show our generosity in a variety of ways during the #StellerGives campaign from November 11 to December 1!

Send your #StellerGives photos to opgsml@gmail.com with your first and last name, grade, and a short description of what you are doing or the charity/cause you support to be posted on Flash, the Steller Instagram account, and this year’s yearbook.

Then follow @steller_s_official to see how others in our community are contributing!

Steller Parent Group

#StellerGives: Launch

GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past nine years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.

Steller Parent Group is promoting the idea of GivingTuesday as an opportunity for students, staff and families to stand together in unity with people around the world to use their individual and collective power of generosity to remain connected and make a positive difference.

We know the people that form the Steller community are already active in our community – volunteering time and talents, fundraising and donating to causes that are close to our hearts, and stepping in wherever there is need.

Whether itâ€™s helping a family or your neighbor, advocating for an issue, sharing a skill, working on a committee, volunteering your time, or giving to causes, every act of generosity counts.

Let’s celebrate the contributions we all make – big and small – and accept the challenge to show our generosity in a variety of ways during the GivingTuesday campaign from November 11 to December 1!

Send your #StellerGives photos to opgsml@gmail.com with your first and last name, grade and a short description of what you are doing or the charity/cause you support to be posted on the Steller Instagram account @steller_s_official and this year’s yearbook.

Then follow @steller_s_official to see how others in our community are contributing!

Steller Parent Group