Thursday, January 14, 2016

                 

                                                       Band Together 2015 
             Each year at FHS the Service Club holds the Band Together Concert to raise funds for building supplies for Habitat for Humanity and programming for Safe Passage. This year the concert was a huge success bringing in more audience members than ever before! 

Monday, May 11, 2015

Furniture Friends



                                                              Furniture Friends! 

Once a month members from the Falmouth High School Service club volunteer with Furniture Friends. This organization receives donated furniture and then delivers it to families in the Greater Portland area. Some of these families are literally living on the floor and do not have a bed to sleep on. Furniture Friends relies on volunteers like those as FHS to make these essential deliveries possible!                                  http://furniturefriendsportland.org/





Tuesday, April 14, 2015




                                           Empty Bowls 3rd Grade Project 

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to raise awareness and fight hunger. A typical empty bowls event is hosted with a small amount of food going into each bowl and donations made are given to a charity of the host’s choice. This bowl of food leaves guest feeling hungry so they can relate to the recipients of their donations. Donations of this event were split between the Maine Truth and Reconciliation Commission to honor Native American culture and the Indian Island Food Pantry to support a food charity. This year Ruth Smith, a senior at FHS lead the 3rd graders during this project. Thank you Ruth and all FHS high school volunteers!

Tuesday, April 7, 2015




      Acoustics in the Commons:
       A benefit concert for Partners for World Health
A coffee house style event which took place in the "commons" of FHS. The concert raised $1,000 all to be donated to Partners for World Health.
http://www.partnersforworldhealth.org/




Monday, March 9, 2015




Habitat for Humanity Greater Portland Seniors vs. Faculty Basketball Game

For the 6th year in a row Falmouth High School hosted a basketball game to benefit Habitat for Humanity Greater Portland. Special guests Crusher from the Red Claws and Godfrey Wood who is the director for Habitat for Humanity Greater Portland made appearances which made the night even more fun and exciting! While the seniors beat the faculty by 1 point the real reward was that Falmouth raised $1000 which went directly to Habitat Greater Portland. 




Monday, February 23, 2015



                                                     Safe Passage 2015

         The week before February vacation a group of 10 students and 3 chaperones departed for Guatemala to volunteer at Safe Passage. Safe Passage is a non-profit organization working in Guatemala City to bring hope, education, and opportunity to the children and families living in extreme poverty around the City's garbage dump. Our FHS students came up with a variety of activities and lessons to experience with the children which furthered the close bonds that were made. This is the 6th year FHS has traveled to Safe Passage to volunteer, continuing this powerful and educational tradition.





Wednesday, February 11, 2015



Falmouth High Schooler Meghan Charest Selected as Maine's Top High School Volunteer of the Year!

Meghan, a junior at Falmouth High School is the second student in a row from FHS to receive the Prudential Spirit of Community Award. Meghan started her service in 7th grade by writing a grant proposal and coordinating a community garden in Falmouth to benefit the Falmouth Food Pantry. "I wanted to find a sustainable, effective way to provide healthier foods for the people using the food pantry." Her service did not stop there. She has continued to upkeep and organize volunteers to maintain this flourishing garden which yields about 500 pounds of fresh food per year for those in need. This award comes with a scholarship and a trip to Washington DC where she will attend events with other top youth volunteers from around the nation.

Not only did Meghan receive The Prudential Spirit of Community Award but because she has logged hundreds of service hours, she has achieved the President's Volunteer Service Award. She will receive a singed certificate from President Barack Obama commending her on her tremendous work. 


                                                            (Meghan in the middle)