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CCES Alumni Come Together in Service to Community
Many people believe that the “high school experience” ends after graduation day. Friends go their separate ways and any affiliation with the school is erased; the school merely becomes a place where distant friends and memories were created. However, the same cannot be said for Christ Church Episcopal School.
CCES places a large emphasis on maintaining contact with their alumni, hosting multiple events per year with the help of the alumni board. The alumni board discussed ways that they could give back to the community despite the limitations and difficulties of COVID-19. They decided that they wanted the group to focus on a particular agency, specifically Harvest Hope Food Bank. Harvest Hope strives to provide for the needs of hungry people by gathering and sharing quality food with dignity, compassion, and education. They help feed Greenville citizens through the generous donations of food and time from companies and individuals. However, COVID has caused a serious strain on the number of volunteers and number of families that Harvest Hope usually interacts with.
“Harvest Hope Food Bank has a big need for volunteers as they are serving so many more families than normal. Eight of us met at HHFB and helped give out food to families in need,” says Elizabeth Jarrett, Class of 1982. Two of the volunteers, Craig Ragsdale, Class of 1999, and Anna Monroe, Class of 2013, were charged with giving the food directly to people. When asked about his experience, Craig Ragsdale said, “As I worked with Anna to deliver food to people in line, we had the opportunity to interact with everyone. While most were in cars, there were several on foot and I couldn’t help but think that many of them may not have a place to call home. The experience put many things into perspective and made me realize all of the blessings I have to be thankful for.”
This action of volunteering is something that these CCES alumni are quite familiar with. One of the core values of CCES is service and the school strives to imprint the importance of aiding the community on every one of its students. Lucie Burford, Class of 2000, described the selfless spirit of CCES best when saying, “Cavaliers volunteer. It’s what we do.”
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