Community Service

Students at SouthLake Christian Academy will host a benefit concert – Ghana Rock – at Northside Baptist Church in Charlotte on May 17. The funds raised will be used to end child slavery and trafficking on Ghana’s Lake Volta.

Elizabeth Koller of Mooresville also establishes a website and nonprofit to educate about epilepsy and autism

Random Acts of Kindness to hold sale on April 27

In 1867, a group of freed slaves established St. Lloyd Presbyterian Church.

A group of students at Woodlawn School -- which focuses on agricultural sustainability on campus and in various off-campus projects -- got the hands-on experience of a lifetime during a recent trip to Costa Rica.

Fourth-graders at Providence Spring Elementary know that something as simple as lunch isn’t to be taken for granted.

It wasn’t a scheduled part of their 10-day service learning trip to South Africa, but an impromptu project that was literally hands-on proved memorable for some Providence Day students.

Cannon School seniors Katherine Goode and Victoria Godley had a life-changing experience last year while on a mission trip to Jamaica with Mecklenburg Community Church.

Phillip Calhoun, left, and Aaron Mebrahtu showed off their legal and verbal skills while winning the Assistance League of Charlotte’s Mecklenburg County Teen Court mock trial competition.

Covenant Day participates every other year in Empty Bowls, an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. Students in art classes from TK -12th grades created pinch pot ceramic bowls, which were fired, glazed and offered for pre-purchase to students’ families.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department and Charlotte Fire Department recognized 12 young people who showed character and integrity in difficult situations at the “Do the Right Thing” ceremony earlier this month. They are:

A conference focusing on youth self-inflicted injury will be held on March 15, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at the UNC Charlotte-Center City building, 320 E. 9{+t}{+h} Street.

Myers Park High senior Blake Hoffler recently became an Eagle Scout with Troop 55, sponsored by Myers Park Presbyterian.

Habitat for Humanity is teaming with CMS high schools to build homes for low-income families. In the program, called Senior BuildUp, seniors raise funds and build Habitat homes. The current goal is to build one house this spring. This week’s total raised was $2,106. The goal is $75,000. The leaderboard:

Peter Saunders won Covenant Day School’s eighth annual H. Brent McKnight Justice and Mercy Oratory Contest on Feb. 4.

Collinswood Language Academy fifth-graders Avery Zakocs, left, Rose Hollingsworth and Emma Wilkins say they were so inspired by reading about fundraising that helped schools that they decided to create their own fundraiser through the Junior Red Cross.

Build-A-Bear Workshop invites young leaders ages 8 to 18 to enter its Huggable Heroes program for a chance to win $10,000.

Habitat for Humanity is teaming with CMS high schools in building homes for low-income families. In the program, called Senior BuildUp, seniors raise funds and build Habitat homes. The goal is three new builds. Total fundraising for the second week of active fundraising was $1,307; the total goal is $225,000 for the three houses.

Trips for Kids Charlotte will resume Saturday bike rides Feb. 2 with low-income kids and their adult volunteer “buddies” at Col. Francis Beatty Park near Piper Glen.

Fifth-grader Anuhar Cerna of Charlotte is one of 12 students selected as finalists in Scotties' 'Trees Rock' video contest.

Tyler Buchanan, 19, of Huntersville left Dec. 31 on an International Service Trip to Vietnam to build houses for two Vietnamese families.

Idlewild Elementary’s annual participation in a program to raise awareness and money for Type 1 diabetes research has special meaning for first-grader Elizabeth Stabler-Tarver. Elizabeth lost her grandmother to Type 1 diabetes.

Third-graders at Saint Patrick Catholic School in Charlotte enjoyed a large harvest of sweet potatoes, enough to feed their entire grade and help the hungry.

The 2012 Carolinas Student Hunger Drive concluded earlier this month with a total collection of 112,902 pounds of nonperishable food items worth more than $225,000.

Food became art as students from seven Charlotte-area schools participated in a Nov. 7 competition to help feed hungry people.

Olivia Stinson of Charlotte has been named a L’Oreal Paris International Woman of Worth winner for her community service.

More than 20 East Mecklenburg High students, along with a few parents and friends, gleaned a field at Riverbend Farm in Midland on Oct. 27 as part of their studies.

Eighth-grade Charlotte Country Day students prepare to clean litter and water pollutants in a half-mile section of McAlpine Creek on Oct. 5.

East Mecklenburg High's chamber choir took home a win with their “Some Nights Hunger Remix,” at this year's Student Hunger Drive Talent Competition.

One hundred juniors and seniors at Charlotte Country Day School have volunteered to act as mentors for elementary students at Rama Road Elementary School through a partnership offered by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Charlotte.