Westport Community Service Corps Fall Session Registration Deadline Approaches

Westport Human Services Director Barbara Butler announced in a news release today that the registration deadline for the fall session of the 2012 Community Service Corps will be Sept. 7.

The Community Service Corps is an after-school program available to sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. The fall session begins on Sept 24 and runs through Dec 14.

The program is funded by grants from the United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, Westport Sunrise Rotary and The Westport Rotary Club.

“Facilitated through the Westport Department of Human Services in cooperation with the Westport Schools, the club is an opportunity for students to provide community service at local non-profit agencies while learning valuable job skills,” Butler said in the news release.

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Student volunteers work one afternoon each week, Monday through Thursday from 3 - 5 p.m.  At the end of the 10-week program, there is a wrap-up event where student volunteers are able to reflect on and discuss their experiences.

Among the local agencies participating in this program are the Center for Senior Activities, Children’s Community Development Center, A Child’s Place, Town Clerk’s Office, Westport Children’s Library, Toquet Hall, Westport/Weston Family Y Aquatics, Westport/Weston Family Y Child Care, and Westport Continuing Ed. Sports and Homework Club.

Registration forms are available online at http://www.westportct.gov/index.aspx?page=90 and on both the Coleytown Middle School and Bedford Middle School websites.  They will also be available at the Department of Human Services office, Room 200, at Town Hall.

A copy of the student’s medical form must be submitted with the application.

Agency placement is made based upon the student’s interests and on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact communityservicecorps@westportct.gov for additional information.