NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETYJanuary General Meeting

1/6/15

Happy New Year!

•Welcome Back! We hope you enjoyed your break.

•Today’s agenda•Review of important procedures and NHS policies •January project details•Upcoming semester projects

DATE CORRECTION!!!• MAY MEETING IS MAY 4TH

• MEETING MINUTES FOR ORIENTATION HAD A TYPO ON IT

• THANK YOU KAYLA COBOS FOR BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION

New member info form• Google form link• On orientation handout• On our school webpage• On fb page

• Must fill out by tonight! If you do not fill it out, you will be contacted by the sponsor.

Meeting Procedures •Event preview emails are sent a few days before a general meeting.

• Please review the information prior to coming to the meeting. Have an idea of which projects you’d like to sign up for.

•At meetings, events will be discussed and sign ups will take place.

Meeting Procedures Cont.

• Members will be dismissed by table to either sign up for projects or leave to go home.

• Form a single file line. If you fail to do so, you will be told to go to the end of the line.

• There is not a giant rush. Our meetings tend to go very quickly and you will have plenty of time to sign up for projects.

Reminders – NHS Member Responsibilities • Show up late to an event = 1 hour docked

• Don’t show up to an event that you reserved = Probation• 2nd Offense = Removal

• Unexcused absence from meeting = Probation• 2nd Offense = Removal• - lots of probation notices sent out because many missed orientation

Reminders• Appropriate dress is required for events: Closed toe shoes, shorts or pants, appropriate shirt.• Please follow school dress code.• Sometimes an event will specify what colors to wear.

•Sign In & Sign Out: At events, you must sign in and out with a board member in order to receive credit!

• If you do not sign in or out, your hours will not be documented. There are no exceptions to this.

• Sometimes, an event may specify that you use a signature sheet. This means you will be responsible for documenting your own hours with one of our forms. Example: Soup kitchen or food bank

Requirements

•Junior Inductees – Minimum of 5 hours by end of 2nd semester to maintain membership.

•Senior Inductees – Minimum of 7 hours by end of April. Seniors given priority.

•Of course, you can do more! End of year, we celebrate members who are “top volunteers.”

Important Note:• There will not be a shortage of events. As long as you attend meetings or follow up, you will be fine.

• Space out your volunteering. Do not wait until last minute, but at the same time, don’t feel like you have to participate each month, unless you want to of course!

• You will have plenty of opportunities to fulfill your hour requirement as long as you don’t procrastinate.

• Any volunteering that exceeds the minimum requirement this year will count toward your total as a senior. Feel free to go above and beyond!

That being said…• If you must drop out of a volunteering project and need to secure a replacement or want to pick up shifts – try the Facebook group.• Add yourself: Search Palm Harbor University High School National Honor Society

• Replacements must both email phuhsnhs11@gmail.com to legitimize and confirm the switch.

• All meeting minutes, volunteer lists, and special announcements will also be sent out on the FB page and NHS website link from phuhs.org in addition to your emails.

Post meeting• Within the next 48 hours we will send out a detailed volunteer list with all dates, times, locations, and special instructions for each project, along with who signed up for them.

• In this document will also be links to any required paperwork you must submit for certain projects.

• If there are any vacancies, you can request to fill the spot by sending an email to phuhsnhs11@gmail.com.

January Events!

Girl Scouts of America Mother/Daughter Tea

January 10th

• Girl Scouts of America Mother/Daughter Tea

• St. Ignatius Church on Orange Street in Tarpon Springs

• Helping with setup, serving, clean up

• Wear black pants and white top

• 3 different shift options • (2 hours)

Palm Harbor Rec Center Events

• January 16 Dinner Dance• Community dance and plated dinner (help with set up and serving)

• Wear black pants and white top• 4-8pm; 5 volunteers

• January 23rd 5:30 -8:30 • Dinner Show Event• Black pants and white top• 4 volunteers

RCS Food bank in Clearwater

Jan 22nd 3:-30 – 6:45pm

• 700 Druid Rd, Clearwater, FL 33756

• Help sort donated goods

• 10 positions

Homeless Emergency Project • Clearwater Soup Kitchen

• REQUIRED PAPERWORK - https://www.dropbox.com/s/m7ii1dnoqnpx467/Group%20Volunteer%20Application_2014.pdf?dl=0

• Form taken with you to event on day of volunteering • Only needs to be completed once, can volunteer for future dates without filling out a second time

• 1120 North Betty Lane Clearwater 33755

• 1/18 dinner (4:30-6pm)• 1/31 lunch (11:30am-1pm)

• Must take a signature page below and document your own volunteering.

• https://www.dropbox.com/s/8s9ob9zzmkjcit0/CLEARWATER%20SOUP%20KITCHEN.docx?dl=0

Valentines for Soldiers:Care Package Donation Collection

• Detailed instructions provided @ sign up table • Care packages due Feb 6th after school in media center.• 2 hours awarded• 50 positions available!

Sign Up Procedure

•Seniors will be given priority.

•Following seniors, each meeting, tables will be dismissed randomly or by row.

•You will have to wait in lines for a short amount of time – it’s going to be ok. Don’t panic

UPCOMING 2ND SEMESTER PROJECTS!

Relay for Life!

Blood Drives!

WALK FOR THE DREAM (March)

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK!

Beach CLEAN UPS

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FESTIVALS