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Rio Lindo students serve community
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| Getting out - Jonathon Hsu, a student at Rio Lindo Academy in Healdsburg participated in the school’s Community Service day by painting the back of the bleachers at Rec Park. - photo provided |
By Ryan Rudnansky
Staff Writer
Rio Lindo Adventist Academy had its second Community Service Day of the school year on April 26.
Over 100 Rio Lindo students and over 30 staff worked on community service projects throughout the day in Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Windsor, and Santa Rosa.
In Healdsburg, 18 Rio Lindo students and four staff members from the Boys and Girls Club Healdsburg provided car washes for donations, where the money went to the Boys and Girls Club’s teen center and to help feed and clothe the homeless, which Rio Lindo does twice a year.
Seventeen Rio Lindo students and three staff pulled weeds and straightened bark in front of the Boys and Girls Club. They also installed wine barrel and vegetable planter boxes at the entrance, donated by local businesses.
Five students and two staff went to the Healdsburg ER and finished up some landscaping work they started in the fall.
Also, eight students and a staff member went to the Rec Park and worked with the Healdsburg Parks and Recreation Department to paint some bleachers.
In Cloverdale, seven students and a staff member went to a local church, cleaning up the grounds and washing the church’s windows.
In Windsor, 12 students cleaned up the grounds at Colonial Mobile Home Park, five students helped out a single mother with some chores, and 16 students cleaned up the grounds and organized the art room at Kid Street Learning Center.
Twenty students and two staff members also helped out with an Open House at McDonald Ranch in Santa Rosa, a summer camp where kids learn about animals.
The extensive volunteer work is part of Rio Lindo’s effort this year to branch out more, lending a helping hand and becoming more of a presence in the community.
“It’s kind of two-fold,” said Steve Martin, Rio Lindo’s new Community Service Coordinator. “Our theme this year is ‘Get Out.’” Getting out and seeing who needs help, getting outside the comfort level of ourselves.”
Also, Martin said Rio Lindo wants people to “know who we are and what we’re about.” Rio Lindo has been around since 1962, but Martin said he still hears people say they’ve never heard of the private Christian school.
Martin said if anybody needs some work done in the future, contact him at the school at 431-5100 or at smartin@riolindo.org.
Over 100 Rio Lindo students and over 30 staff worked on community service projects throughout the day in Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Windsor, and Santa Rosa.
In Healdsburg, 18 Rio Lindo students and four staff members from the Boys and Girls Club Healdsburg provided car washes for donations, where the money went to the Boys and Girls Club’s teen center and to help feed and clothe the homeless, which Rio Lindo does twice a year.
Seventeen Rio Lindo students and three staff pulled weeds and straightened bark in front of the Boys and Girls Club. They also installed wine barrel and vegetable planter boxes at the entrance, donated by local businesses.
Five students and two staff went to the Healdsburg ER and finished up some landscaping work they started in the fall.
Also, eight students and a staff member went to the Rec Park and worked with the Healdsburg Parks and Recreation Department to paint some bleachers.
In Cloverdale, seven students and a staff member went to a local church, cleaning up the grounds and washing the church’s windows.
In Windsor, 12 students cleaned up the grounds at Colonial Mobile Home Park, five students helped out a single mother with some chores, and 16 students cleaned up the grounds and organized the art room at Kid Street Learning Center.
Twenty students and two staff members also helped out with an Open House at McDonald Ranch in Santa Rosa, a summer camp where kids learn about animals.
The extensive volunteer work is part of Rio Lindo’s effort this year to branch out more, lending a helping hand and becoming more of a presence in the community.
“It’s kind of two-fold,” said Steve Martin, Rio Lindo’s new Community Service Coordinator. “Our theme this year is ‘Get Out.’” Getting out and seeing who needs help, getting outside the comfort level of ourselves.”
Also, Martin said Rio Lindo wants people to “know who we are and what we’re about.” Rio Lindo has been around since 1962, but Martin said he still hears people say they’ve never heard of the private Christian school.
Martin said if anybody needs some work done in the future, contact him at the school at 431-5100 or at smartin@riolindo.org.
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