Mentor Letter

Saint Joseph High School

2521 Stadium Drive

St. Joseph, Michigan 49085

February 4, 2015

Dear Dr. Culver,

Our names are Maddie Shepherd and Hannah Yack. We are seniors at St. Joseph High School and are currently in 21st Century Literature and Writing. This class touches on globalization and how to change the world through literature. We are given the opportunity to complete a Senior Service Project that benefits our community in a positive way. For our project, we would like to host a Family Fun Night here at St. Joseph High School that focuses on the relationships of children with their friends or-- most importantly-- family.

In St. Joseph, there aren’t many family oriented activities that take place on a regular basis. Although we, as a community, tend to focus more on a competitive scale rather than a friendly one, we want to create an event where we incorporate competitive and friendly family fun. Along with that aspect, we want this night to have an educational purpose. Kids are encouraged to take part in activities that will benefit their education; whether it’s positive or negative, something should come out of it. Here, we want to make sure that it’s positive. We hope that this event will increase social skills and even challenges these kids to push past their comfort zone.

Ideally, this event will take place on either a Friday or Saturday in late March or early April. It will have to be after the adults get off of work so that we can keep the family aspect. There will be multiple movies playing, food and drinks available, and games happening all night. Slowly but surely, we hope to be the catalyst that starts these kinds of events.

With your help, we hope to make this a very important night for not only us, but for everyone that attends. We feel that with your organizational and planning skills, you’re the best candidate to mentor us as this project moves closer to its deadline. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and we look forward to hearing from you. We really hope that you will choose to take part in this journey with us.

Sincerely,

Maddie Shepherd and Hannah Yack