The Lenten Season

Lenten Ideas - Service with a Smile!

     When is Easter this year?  Yes, that is right, Easter falls on March 31.  Early some think, and if you are a student who is thinking about the prospect of having to attend school the entire month of April, May and part of June, this  year's "early" Easter is not joyously welcomed. 
     However, it must be stressed that Easter is much more than a week's Vacation.  And, the weeks leading up to Easter are far more than McDonald's Fishwiches on Fridays.  The most solemn season of our Catholic Tradition offers all of us a time to quietly contemplate, publicly work.
     Consider making March your month of service.  Locate your near-by food banks,  shelters, and soup kitchens.  Stress to the council members the importance of selfless giving at this time of the year.  Activities surrounding the theme of service often give your council an opportunity to build teamwork.
        In his book, Servant Leadership, author Robert Greenleaf writes, "Who is the servant leader?...Servant leaders differ from other persons of goodwill because the act on what they believe.  Consequently, they "know experimentally" and there is a sustaining spirit when they venture and risk... In the absence of solid evidence of such initiatives, servant leaders may stand alone, largely without the support of their culture, as a saving remnant of those who care for both persons and institutions, and who are determined o make their caring count - wherever they are involved.  Their leadership by example sustains trust."   

• Raise money for a needy family or a charitable organization by selling "Lily " Pins (corsages) to students and faculty members.  Get flowers donated by a local florist or buy in bulk at your local flower wholesaler. 
   

• Help students with learning and reading disabilities.  You can make tape recordings of textbook assignments.  Work with teachers to get a list of assignments (reading a chapter from a history book, for example).  The assignments are recorded and made available to those who need the assistance. 
   

• Have a Paper Drive!  Collect paper products such as tissue, paper towels, toilet paper, diapers, etc.  Give them to a local child crisis center.  Inter-class competitions motivate students to participate!
   

• Sponsor an Easter-Egg-Hunt for a local children's home.  Organize committees to get candy donations, prize donations (certificates, toys, pen/pencils, etc.)  Use plastic eggs which can be used year after year.  If you can do it, rent a Bunny costume so that the children can have a picture taken as a souvenir.   

    If you are interested in any activities related to Women's History Month &
St. Patrick's Day,  please refer to our latest issue of The Leadership Times. 
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Summer Conferences are approaching!
This year TACSC is expanding with a second conference in Southern California!

Materials will be sent to your school the week after Easter.  So, mark your calendars NOW!

This year's dates are:
Menlo College - Menlo, CA June 19-23
Pitzer College I - Claremont, CA July 3-7
Pitzer College II - Claremont, CA July 10-14
Neumann College - Aston, PA July 31- August 4

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~Mohandas Gandhi
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