SONAMU (Pine Tree)volunteer club

In brief

The problem

School volunteering often means a single afternoon, logged and forgotten. Meanwhile a boarding school throws away surplus meals and washed towels every week, a few kilometres from children's centres, isolated seniors and animal shelters that need them.

The spark

After serving as the Grade 10 representative, Wonjun became president and started proposing activities that matched school resources to specific local needs, so each programme could sustain itself.

The outcome

146 volunteer hours in Grade 10 alone, a commendation from an NGO with UN ECOSOC special consultative status, and an NGO partnership supporting children with developmental disabilities.

Method

How it was done, step by step.

1. 1Surplus mealsDelivered school surplus meals to multicultural children's care centres and isolated seniors, March to May 2024, later formalised with an agreement covering hygiene and delivery.
2. 2Space-debris classDesigned and taught a 10-hour space-science programme at a multicultural care centre: children built mock debris-cleanup systems with magnets, nets, harpoons and drag sails.
3. 3Towels for sheltersCollected and donated washed dormitory towels to animal shelters.
4. 4CampaignsA school-violence-prevention flea market and nonviolence signature campaign, anti-smoking campaigns with the public health centre, and CPR education with the local fire station.
5. 5Children's campsSupported a water-ski summer camp for vulnerable and abuse-affected children with the Bright Society International Club Korea HQ.

The data

Results, rebuilt from the original slides.