Rosary Holds Third Day of Service

4/5/2023

Students, faculty and staff participated in a large variety of service projects at school and throughout the community

Rosary High School held its third annual Day of Service on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The day began with Living Stations of the Cross written and organized by sophomore Theology students. Students, faculty and staff volunteered at various organizations throughout the area as well as serving others via on-campus projects.

Rosary’s Student Council Executive Board originated the idea of an annual school-wide Day of Service in 2020 as a way of putting the Dominican pillars of Prayer, Study, Community and Preaching into action. Rosary embraces the Dominican Charism of preaching with our lives by showing God to others through our actions. (The 2020 day of service was cancelled due to the pandemic.)

Freshmen and sophomores remained on campus; juniors and seniors could choose to be off-campus or at Rosary.

The Interact Club organized on-campus service activities:
• Cards and door decorations for nursing homes
• Color a Smile project
• Love for the Elderly project
• Dog toys for animal shelter
• Blankets for Ronald McDonald House
• Birthday boxes for the Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry

Thank you to the Aurora Rotary Club, sponsors of our Interact Club, for donating all the supplies for the above service projects.

On-campus service projects included:
• Rosie's Garden
• National Honor Society Easter Egg Organization
• Athletic Department Clean Up
• Convent Clean Up
• Art Room Clean Up
• Knitting & Crochet Club made scarves, hats, washcloths, and baby blankets for the Dominican Literacy Center

Off-campus sites included:
• Beautiful U
• Fox River Clean Up (Cancelled due to weather)
• Feed My Starving Children
• Northern Illinois Food Bank
• Jennings Terrace

The event was organized, planned, and facilitated by Rosary’s Student Council.

See photos in our Day of Service 2023 albums:
Living Stations
On Campus Service
Off-Campus Service

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Rosary High School

901 N. Edgelawn Drive
Aurora, IL, 60506

Phone: (630) 896-0831

Rosary High School is a Catholic, college-prep high school for young women sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois. Rosary creates a sisterhood of truth, faith and strength.