updated march 23, 2024

The PGA community service committee is delighted to offer another year of service and volunteerism and we hope you will participate as you're able. Now in its second year, this program was created from parent/guardian feedback, and inspired by two transformative individuals who fostered within the Lakeside community a deeper understanding of the power and joy of service:

• Zinda Foster, former Upper School Service Learning program head
• Bernie Noe, former Lakeside Head of School

Learn more about the legacies of Zinda and Bernie, as they are an important part of Lakeside's history of purpose and progress.

Spring into Action: March-April 30, 2024

After a fun day of service on Nov. 4, 2023, it's now your opportunity to organize and host a small service project during March and April. If you are willing to be a site host, please fill out this short form. A coordinator will get back to you to confirm details and then we'll add your work party to our Sign Up Genius RSVP form for families to sign up, and then provide you with the list of participants. You will need to follow up with the participants on event logistics or any requirements.

Current opportunities (click on the maroon buttons to sign up):

• March-April dates: postcard writing to get the BIPOC vote out for Center for Common Ground/Reclaim Our Vote
• April 1: toiletry kits for Recovey Cafe and postcard writing (part of the T.J. Vassar diversity and community group meeting, 7-8:30 p.m., Fireplace Room)
• April 20: Earth Day restoration project at Lake Sammamish State Park
• April 22: American Red Cross blood drive at the Upper School fieldhouse, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., walk-ins welcome or make an appointment HERE (use LakesideLions as the sponsor code). Photo ID required. 

If you have any questions, please contact any of our PGA community service chairs for 2023-24: Jamie Hsu P'26, April Kelley P'29, Gina Kwan P'24 '29, and Katie Traverse '93 P'23 '25 '27 by emailing Lakeside PGA.

How will you serve your community? There are many ways to help organize a work party:

Plug-and-play: Do you already volunteer at a non-profit organization and can organize a work party or invite others to join you at an established volunteer event?

Explore: Contact a non-profit and organize a volunteer work party. Click here for ideas. For US families, see the list of organizations on the right side bar that qualify for US service learning credit.

Keep it simple:

• Find a non-profit that needs personal hygiene kits, meals, letters or cards. Organize a small work party to build the kits, meals, or write notes, and then have a few families deliver the items to the non-profit.
• Choose your favorite park or beach and do a clean-up walk. The more, the merrier!
• Invite a few others to join you to donate blood.