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#LunchBagOrlando
#LunchBagOrlando
We love #LunchBagOrlando! This group has been running for 6 years now and has been an integral feeding event for our club. Here, members are able to help in packing lunches that will later be distributed to those in need. This is a splendid opportunity for members to view how a team effort is able to easily accomplish a goal!
Teens United Delivery
Teens United Delivery
Teens United Delivery is an amazing event where you can interact with the homeless individuals by distributing donations to them, such as lunches, sanitary products, and clothes. This is a safe environment, as we go in student-led groups. We go to many locations around Central Florida to amplify our effects such as Lake Eola, Lake Dot, and Coalition for the Homeless. We also work with many other high schools like Boone, Edgewater, and West Orange to make this a community effort!
Clean Up Parramore
Clean Up Parramore
Clean Up Parramore is an environmentally-inspired event that is run by Teens United Florida. This co-runs as Teens United Delivery is happening, where volunteers pick up trash using trash bags, gloves, and trash pickers. This is a really fun event, as we work together as a team to do this. We also learn more about the environmental issues of low-income areas, raising awareness!
Book and Comic Drive
Book and Comic Drive
This project was conducted by Santiago Castro, along with Christopher Le, where we collected over 500 comics and books throughout Central Florida for the children in the homeless shelter during the Christmas Season. We contacted various bookstores throughout Central Florida, outreaching into the community to get donations from businesses. We also worked with Teens United Florida, working with other high schools such as West Orange to get more books. Because of this, we made a happy holiday season for the children in the homeless shelter.
Little Free Library - Mills 50
Little Free Library - Mills 50
The Little Free Library Project was conducted by Santiago Castro, where we built a library for the Mills 50 community. Inspired by the book drive, Santiago thought that he could further help the community through his passion of books and comics by building this little library. After spending about 5 months, we were able to complete the Little Free Library under Timber Creek's Helping the Homeless Club. This was a hard project, as it required a lot of work, time, and dedication. Not only that, it required a lot of help from Santiago's dad in building it and Christopher's parents: get permission to place the Little Free Library on their property. To check it out, you can visit the Spa Nails Supply Inc. on 2000 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL 32803 where you can see the Little Free Library that was built. Thank Santiago, because he definitely put a lot of extreme effort into this project.
Pallet Community Garden
Pallet Community Garden
The Pallet Community Garden was built by the officer team of 2021-2022, led by Christopher Le and Shanny Ruiz. We wanted to reuse the pallets that Christopher's dad had for something more practical. Because of this, we were able to grow lots of vegetables and plants, for the Mills 50 and the Union Park communities.
TC HTH Alumni Page
TC HTH Alumni Page
As the club has been operating since 2013, we are holding the legacy that Helping the Homeless has been holding in Timber Creek and the community of Orlando. To keep up with this, we created the alumni network on Instagram for alumni to post about where they are after TC HTH, along with seniors in the club of where they are planning to go in the future.
Instagram account: @tchth.alumni
Seniors: DM us where are you going!
Helping Hands: The Effects of Volunteering in the Homeless Community on Orlando’s High School Students During COVID-19.pdfVolunteerism Research Project
Volunteerism Research Project
Helping Hands: The Effects of Volunteering in the Homeless Community on Orlando’s High School Students During COVID-19
Researcher: Christopher Le
This research study was conducted under the AP Capstone Program that was offered by Timber Creek High School. Christopher took 2 years to complete this program, taking both AP Seminar and AP Research. By going through this, he was able to conduct his own individual research in his senior year. He came up with the research question: To what extent does students’ volunteerism in a Central Florida High School’s Helping the Homeless Club improve the well-being of the volunteers during COVID-19? The research study was done through a mixed-method, which involved a survey that consisted of Likert-scale questions and an optional interview. The findings exemplify the positive implications of volunteerism, being important academically and mentally. Tangible evidence signifies that high school service clubs can be marketed to parents and students to counteract the negative effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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