By Shailee Gray and Tatiana Alvarez The Western Express
A popular service-learning organization is seeking more volunteers at Western International High School in Detroit.
The nonprofit BuildOn, which works to improve literacy and reduce poverty, only gets 25 volunteer students per week from the high school, compared to 50 from Cass Technical High School. Other schools participating in the program include Detroit Renaissance, Osborn, University Prep Academy and Oak Park.
The program at Western has offered volunteers to several local nonprofits, including DelRay Senior Center, the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit, Kiwanis International, Gleaners Community Food Bank and more.
Destiny Foreman, a Western International student and BuildOn volunteer, said the program is a great way to get the school-required service hours while helping the local community.
“BuildOn teaches us how to give without receiving,” Foreman said.
Kira Molina, another Western International student and BuildOn volunteer, said “I come to BuildOn to make friends and escape my life while adding more color to the community.”
The BuildOn program at Western International meets Monday through Thursday and on Saturday in room 3001 at the school.
For more information, go to www.buildon.org.
