JH Service Hours Calendar

Questions? Email Mrs. Walton

On-going opportunity - Students may volunteer with a parent at Coachella Valley Rescue Mission to serve meals. You must sign up as a volunteer online and call ahead to schedule a time. 

Student Services Coordinator

Mrs. Walton

jwalton@sacredheartpalmdesert.com

Phone: 760.346.3513, ext 255

Service Hours Form

EVENTS

HONOR ROLL NOTE: Students must earn all 9 hours of service in a trimester to earn any honor roll awards.

DIRECT LINKS

Page updated 3/27

HOURS ARE DUE ON MAY 17 (8th) and MAY 24 (6th and 7th)!

3rd Trimester Hours!

Sundays in April

Fellowship Donuts and Coffee Sales at Mass

Students will be helping with donuts and coffee after Mass. 

STUDENTS MUST WEAR MASS UNIFORM (INCL. OUTERWEAR) and MAY NOT ATTEND THE MASS DURING VOLUNTEER TIMES. Please bring your form to be signed by Mr. Rover. No cell phone use is permitted! 

Saturdays in April

American Cancer Society Thrift Store

Volunteers will work with crew at ACS Boutique Discovery Store to sort clothing, steam clothing, place clothing on sales floor, decorate store and help display newly-priced decor items. 1 parent and student team and one student. Parent must stay until all students are picked up. You will need to fill out attached (under "Document") ACS volunteer form before you arrive. Please wear appropriate attire (comfortable shoes are acceptable) and a mask. Please arrive 15 minutes before scheduled time to work. When you arrive please ask for Richard or Mark, the store managers. Please wear your SHS volunteer shirt or SHS PE shirt or uniform shirt. NO cell phone use. No short shorts.

April 13, May 11

Knights of Columbus Recycling Program

On-Going – every 2nd Saturday of each month

Sacred Heart Church's Knights of Columbus need your help with the recycling program. Student volunteers are needed for Recycling Day events on the 2nd Saturday of each month (2 hours). 

Students must wear SHS volunteer shirt and appropriate free-dress bottoms. 

All hours are completed at Sacred Heart under the solar panels on the basketball court/drive-thru parking lot on the east side of the campus. 

No-shows will be penalized for the number of hours missed. Meaning, if you do not show to a 2-hour window, 2 hours will be added to the required 9, making your requirement now 11. 

Sacred Heart Gardening Club

Thursdays during April

Please help our Gardening Club and Ms. Uhl tend the garden. 45 minutes will be given. 4 slots for a maximum of 3 hours per trimester, please.

Questions - Ms. Uhl at kuhl@sacredheartpalmdesert.com

Tuesday and Thursday, during April

Sacred Heart Church Catechism Classes

The Sacred Heart Church Catechism classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings are in need of help with the CCD students. SHS JH volunteers will be assisting catechists and students.

Students must wear SHS volunteer shirt, tennis shoes, and PE shorts/jeans/bermuda shorts. NO CELL PHONE USE WHILE VOLUNTEERING!

Questions - Mr. Arreola in the Church office - jarreola@sacredheartpalmdesert.com 

NEW EVENT posted 3/19/24

Tuesday, April 2

Birth Choice of the Desert – Flyer delivery

Please help Birth Choice of the Desert get the word out about their golf tournament fundraiser!

FLYERS MUST BE PICKED UP AT Birth Choice (74303 CA-111 Suite 1A, Palm Desert), and then delivered to ALL businesses on El Paseo.

Please look at the attached flyer and maps ahead of time from - Pick up from 10-11am on Tuesday, April 2nd.  Must return to Birth Choice to have service hour form signed after delivery.

ONE PARENT-STUDENT TEAM MAY TAKE UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS. THOSE STUDENTS MUST BE INDICATED ON THE SIGNUP GENIUS. The students must remain with the parent the entire time. 

STUDENTS and PARENT ARE REPRESENTING SACRED HEART SCHOOL. Please do so with politeness, kindness, and respect. Blue volunteer shirt must be work. Must wear uniform bottoms or jeans (no tears, rips, or holes). No cell phone use is permitted. 

Volunteers will walk into EACH store/restaurant (not just those appearing on the map) along El Paseo (two routes are offered), the Gardens indicated on the attached map. Students must tell the shop owner/worker about the Birth Choice golf tournament (KNOW ABOUT THE EVENT BEFOREHAND SO THAT YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT IT!) and ask to hang a flyer in their staff room or just provide it to the store owner. 

MAP ATTACHED TO INDICATE THE ROUTES ALONG EL PASEO! Please print your map and mark where signs were placed with a star on the business. We are trying to avoid multiple stops into the same business, so please stay along your route! 

Photos should be taken on the route. 

NEW EVENT posted 3/19/24

Saturday, April 6

Color the Spectrum Autism Art Festival

This event is free for the organization’s families. They will be having fun activities, art, entertainment, and resources.

Volunteers are needed to set-up, provide support to coordinating staff, help relieve volunteers for breaks, and help clean-up at the end of the event.

Volunteers will be provided lunch and waters. There will also be food for purchase or food can be brought.

Volunteers may sign up for 3.5 hours will be given

Students will wear blue SHS volunteer shirt, tennis shoes, school uniform bottoms or jeans. All outerwear must be SHS. No cell phone use will be permitted.

 

NEW EVENT posted 3/27

Saturdays and Sundays in April

Coachella Valley St. Jude Dream Home

Join us to help support the Coachella Valley St. Jude Dream Home Open Houses. We will need your help showing off the 2024 Dream Home to the community. Join us as a greeter at the Dream Home for the kids of St. Jude!

  • Volunteer Activities:
    • Greeting visitors upon arrival and providing them with Dream Home flyer
    • Answering questions visitors have regarding the house and providing them with additional information as needed
    • Counting number of guests that enter the house on counter
  • Date Options:
    • April 12 - 14
    • April 19 - 21
    • April 26 - 28
  • Shifts on each day:
    • 9:45am-1pm
    • 12:45 -4:15pm
    • 4 openings for each shift

MUST ALSO SIGN UP AT Volunteer at a Local Event - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (stjude.org)