Students Provide Service Around The Community

White River Academy has been busy this month with service projects. At the beginning of the month, our compliance members were pulling weeds and doing yard work for Delta residents. Compliance staff member Mr. Russell has been pleased with the hard work that our compliance boys have put into these service projects.

Mr. Russell says, "I'm very impressed with the excitement that has come from Christian with work details. There are a lot of aspects in his life that he is not as interested in or willing to work hard in. When it comes to work details, he is always on the ball and ready to do his best". Russell also stated that one compliance member, Chance, has become more motivated to work hard in the last four months at the school than ever before. Chance continues to work hard and put forth his best effort to get the job done.
At the beginning of August, compliance members helped a citizen remove a pile of bricks from a property and succeeded without any issues. On August 8, some of our Group 2 community members also assisted an elderly resident in removing a mattress from their apartment. They boys were very respectful to the resident and successful in getting the mattress out of the residence. On August 10, our students went out to a local business to pull weeds for the facility.

Successful Fundraising

One of our community members, Donovan, completed his fundraising for his large service project. Donovan is planning to weld a bike rack for the Athenian eAcademy. Donovan's fundraiser was selling popcorn, and he was able to surpass his fundraising goal. His popcorn was delivered on August 11, and he was able to deliver all of the popcorn in one day. Donovan is going on his home visit and will begin welding the bike rack upon his return to WRA.

Another community member just finished his fundraising for his service project. He plans on re-bedding the flower gardens at Athenian eAcademy. For his fundraiser, he sold See's Candies and met his funding goal. He had his candy delivered in three days. He plans on moving forward with his service project when he returns to WRA from a home visit.

White River Academy is a therapeutic boarding school for troubled adolescent males age 12-17. The school helps students who struggle with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, social struggles, low self-esteem, adoption & attachment issues, substance abuse, and pornographic addiction.