Eta Sigma Alpha National Homeschool Honor Society

  For our October 2023 meeting, we did a service project for the Friendship House kids after school program, creating an obstacle course at Highland Park for the kids to enjoy, and helping with childcare and play supervision at the park for the afternoon. To learn more about the Friendship house, click here . It was a great time to provide some fun for the kids and bond as a group! 

  In our September 2023, we inducted in four new members to the National Homeschool Honor Society: Ben Ronk, Elijah Townsend, Ella Cox, and Gideon Shiffer (new inductees not pictured: Owen Bishop and Gabriella George). After this, we elected officers for the upcoming year, with Leah Bouldin as president, Caleb Giraudeau as Vice President, Ben Ronk as Treasurer, Claire Higgins as secretary,  Grace Cordle as webmaster/historian/PR chair,  Elijah Townsend as parliamentarian, Madison Hare as snack/devotions coordinator. To close, we discussed plans for potential speakers and service projects for the upcoming year! 

 For our April 2023 meeting, we met for a time of fellowship to celebrate the end of the year. We also recognized the seniors of our group: Heidi Jackson, Lydia Lankford, Amelia Winn, Nate Giraudeau, Baker Dean, and Bethany Droubay. It was a fun way to end out the year! Congratulations and Godspeed to all of our graduates! 

      For our March meeting, Mr. Childress spoke to us about the topic of grit. He shared about his experiences at the United States Military Academy West Point and his time in the military. He also spoke about his time after the military, pursuing a career and eventually starting his own marketing business, Agile Marketing Collective . His talk was interesting and full of wisdom! 

      For our February 2023 meeting, Mr. Bradley Hebert spoke to us about his many trips to Israel, describing what those trips look like and the many stops along the way. He also spoke about how these experiences in Bible places enhances one's faith and enriches Scriptural understanding. It was an interesting and informative talk! 

 At our January meeting, Mr. Mark Dellinger shared his testimony and explained how his Christianity and his work as a lawyer intersected. He shared how he came to know the Lord and how his new Christian convictions changed the course of his work. It was an interesting and inspiring talk! 

For our December meeting, the group served at the ministry called The Least of These. This ministry provides showers, a place to do laundry, assistance in finding housing, clothing, food, and other supplies for homeless in the community. While we were there, we mainly worked in organizing the clothing donations by type, size, and gender. It was inspiring to see another organization in action that provides outreach for those in need. To learn more about The Least of These, click here.