District 308 GOAL Program Gets Volunteer Award

Submitted by Oswego School District 308

OSWEGO, IL — The Oswego Senior Center recently awarded Community Unit School District 308’s G.O.A.L Program with its volunteer of the month award. Students from the G.O.A.L. Program are now signing up to help the center with its Spring Art and Craft Fair.

On Nov. 20, 2015, 11 students in teacher Nicholas Cherwin’s 9:30 a.m. Kinetic Wellness class helped Oswego Senior Center Manager Sandy Pastore and her team set up the center’s cafeteria for its annual Christmas Bazaar.

In January, the Oswego Senior Center recognized Cherwin’s Kinetic Wellness class as the Oswego Senior Center Volunteer of the Month for December.

“The G.O.A.L Program is grateful for its community partners, and we look forward to more volunteer opportunities this year,” said Alternative Education Coordinator for The G.O.A.L. Program Meredith Gerardot.

The G.O.A.L Program has partnered with both the Oswego Senior Center and the Oswego YMCA to create new and unique learning opportunities for its students.

“Oswego Senior Center is thankful for our neighbors in the G.O.A.L Program for their past help with the Christmas Bazaar and their help on future projects,” Pastore said.

Students from the G.O.A.L. program can now sign up to help the Oswego Senior Center prepare for its Spring Art and Craft Fair fundraiser. The students are being asked to take down tables and chairs in the dinning room and fold programs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., on March 11.

The G.O.A.L. Program is primarily an online-learning alternative program for at-risk students and is centered in three District 308 classrooms. The G.O.A.L. Program serves all junior high and high schools within District 308.