Members of the US Navy Reserves have signed on as weekly volunteers at Northwoods Elementary School. Members of the Raleigh Navy Operations Unit started volunteering Nov. 5 once a week in the school cafeteria. After being trained in the lunch room process by school staff, the Navy volunteers will come in uniform once a week on Thursdays for the duration of the school year.
After taking part in the school’s Hero Day, the volunteers looked for ways to become more involved with the school. The school’s Hero Day brings adults into the school who serve in the military, law enforcement, fire departments, emergency medical services and more to sit down and talk with students about courage, responsibility and what it takes to be a hero.
As weekly volunteers at the school, the reservists will free educators to work with students and focus on instruction. The students will also see that people in uniform care about them and volunteer time to be with them demonstrating the traits of respect, responsibility and courage that they hear about on Hero Day.
Thanks to school counselor Beverly Mitchell for sharing this information with GotNews.