SALT Serveathon
Serve Generously, Give Joyfully, and Pray
The SALT Serveathon is an expression of what we value highly at Geneva: developing Christian character through service and philanthropy. SALT—Serving and Learning Together—provides the opportunity for students to learn about needs in the community and also to be Christ’s hands and feet towards meeting those needs. Each year, the school suspends its normal school day and students serve in the Central Florida community. Geneva’s SALT Serveathon mobilizes students, teachers, and parent volunteers who donate approximately 4,500 service hours to the community at over a dozen nonprofit organizations throughout the area.During the SALT Serveathon, each grade is assigned its own project for the day where they are able to learn about an area of need in the community and experience how serving others really can make a difference in the world. Examples of past service opportunities include sorting and stocking shelves at a local food pantry, cleaning up local parks, making seniors smile at a retirement home, packing over 10,000 meals for hungry children, taking adults with special needs on a bowling outing, and making teddy bears for fire fighters to take to children who have been in an accident. It’s a day of hard work and heart change, blessing others, and being blessed.
SALT is also an important philanthropic effort and encourages a culture of giving. Instead of selling wrapping paper or walking a 5K to raise money, we ask students to seek sponsorships for a day of service. Leading up to SALT day, students will reach out to family, friends, neighbors, and other local contacts to ask for pledges for their day of work in the local community. We are called to be the hands and feet of Christ in the world; SALT allows students to do just that. SALT raised around $400,000 (net) in September 2023.
Here is where we served on October 4, 2024
K4: Teddy Bears for the Fire Station
K: Benton House of Oviedo
1st: Care Packages for the Military
2nd: Blessing Bags for the Homeless
3rd: U.S. Hunger
4th: 4Roots Farm
5th: Mead Botanical Garden
6th: Second Harvest Food Bank
7th: GreenUp Orlando
8th: The Sharing Center
9th: United Against Poverty (UP) Orlando
10th: House of Hope Orlando
11th: Sleep in Heavenly Peace
12th: The Russell Home
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