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What is WE ACT CLUB? For those of you who don’t know, WE ACT is an after school club in which students are given the opportunity to partake in volunteer services for not only our community, but globally as well. Students are given the chance to explore the needs of others and effectively help them with them with their struggles. WE ACT gives you the power to make a difference and actually see the results. If you’re the type of person that wants to help out and give back to your community, this is the ideal club for you. Our goal is to support the needy in every way possible and support them through different events throughout the year. WE ACT allows students to discover the world around them and realize that we should not only pave our own roads to success, but also help others who fell apart at one point of in their lives.
WE ACT is divided into three brands making up a family of organizations named WE Day, Free the Children, and Me to WE. These brands work together and collectively make the world a better place one step at a time. Through the collaboration of our team, WE ACT is quickly growing in our school. Our club is run by 5 executive officers which help the overall growth of the club and play a vital role in the club’s operations. These include our club president, Fabian Guirales, our Vice President, Natalie Guirales, our Secretary, Eddie Reyes, our Treasurer, Rohit Mistry, and our Website Manager, Evan Imbriano.
Also, know that we offer volunteer hours. As a club that works strictly with the overall support of our community and society, many volunteer opportunities will be available to students who join the club. Volunteer hours look great on college applications and can positively impact your future.
If the information above has driven you to join our club, we would like to thank you for your interest in joining the WE ACT Club at Wayne Valley. WE ACT club meets Wednesdays right after school in room 204. Our meeting times usually conclude around 2:45-3:00. Please be aware that these times are always subject to change and you will be notified if so. If you would like to know how our club works and what meetings are like, stop by. We are all excited to hear the great thoughts you have in mind to improve our community!
For more information about our club here at Wayne Valley, go to our personalized website: http://weactwvhs.wix.com/home
Don’t hesitate to contact Fabian Guirales (club president) with any further questions: fabianag@live.com
To find more information about the organization, go to www.we.org
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The We Act Club at Wayne Valley High School has brought students together to work a local and a global service project. Recently they collected food for the food pantry in Wayne Township.
BY DEBRA WINTERS STAFF WRITER | WAYNE TODAY
WAYNE — The We Act Club at Wayne Valley High School recently helped needy local families by donating to the township food pantry.
According to Fabian Guirales, president of the We Act Club, the donation was a local project to remind the student body that despite the great amount of need abroad, there's also poverty existing right in their very own town of Wayne.
The food drive ran from Jan. 20 to Feb. 1. The pantry is operated by the Wayne Interfaith Network and is located at the Wayne YMCA, where it moved to in 2013.
"The donation came at a time when our supplies were low, and helped us to give our clients the full amount we normally give," said Herb Schuman, vice president and coordinator of the pantry. "We greatly appreciated the donation. It was a wonderful and necessary thought from the We Act Club."
The We Act Club launched this past October and has 16 members so far, who are actively involved and share ideas. According to Guirales, the local We Act branch is part of Free The Children, an international charity that partners with communities to help lift themselves out of poverty using a holistic, sustainable five-pillar development model. The organization was started by brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger, who thought of the idea when they were in second grade. The organization started in Canada and spread to the U.S.
"We hope to have more members being that we will have the chance to partake in 'club day,' in which students explore the different clubs available to them at Wayne Valley High School," Guirales said.
In addition of its local food collection effort, Guirales will be planning their global effort to be a collection for needy families in Guatemala through the organization Youth Service International (YSI).
"The goal of the club is to complete one domestic project and one global project in the school year," he said.
For Guirales, volunteering is something he's always enjoyed and has done so with a variety of different organizations. He initially belonged to the We Act Club while attending Anthony Wayne Middle School (AWMS), where Nicole Franks is the club advisor.
"I feel that if students come together and motivate each other to partake in volunteer work, needy families of both our community and around the globe would surely benefit. Children are said to have much more enthusiasm than adults, and if that level of energy and vehemence is used to help others, change could potentially be right around the corner," Guirales said.
As part of their global project at AWMS last year, the club arranged to have the Kenyan Maasai Warriors come to the school to talk about their culture and day to day life, added Guirales. Members also held a bake sale to raise money for needy families.
"I take great pride in our students and teachers for the partnership they have forged in the We Act Club," said Wayne Valley Principal Kenneth Palczewski. "This student-run club sees the importance of our students' role not only in our school but the community as a whole and has enhanced the lives of our neediest here in Wayne. These young people truly epitomize what is right in education and their continued demonstration of 'Valley Pride' is a beacon for others to follow."
"This student-run club sees the importance of our students' role not only in our school but the community as a whole and has enhanced the lives of our neediest here in Wayne."
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The We Act club meets twice a month to focus on charity work and volunteering. With almost 70 members, the club focuses on activism and being the change that they want to see in the world. Each year, the club picks two main projects to focus on: one local project that helps our immediate community, and one global project that helps people around the world.
The local project that was chosen this year is the Kindness for Christopher movment. It’s named after a 10 year-old boy named Christopher D’Amico Jr. who passed away in a tragic boating accident in 2015. The movement centers around keeping his legacy alive by displaying random acts of kindness. The global project is raising money for the areas affected by the destruction of Hurricane Mathew, especially Haiti. The club looks great on college resumes, and is a great way to help out in your community.
If you are interested in joining, you can use the “Contact Us” page on the club’s website.
Website: http://weactwvhs.wixsite.com/club/contact