Community Service

Giving back to the community is woven into the fabric of the Omni experience. The children get involved in service projects in the classroom and are also encouraged to organize their own service projects, which often stem from lessons they are doing in the classroom. If a particular lesson or field of study leads the students to discover a community need that they feel passionate about addressing, they are given the opportunity to practice their leadership by organizing a campaign to help that cause.

Recent examples in the Upper Elementary include:

-Raising nearly $1,400 for WildAid
-Raising nearly $3,000 for Feeding America
-Making 10,000 sandwiches as part of Operation Sandwich 
-Donating over 10,000 pounds of food to Mel’s Diner
-Raising over $5,000 to help Mel’s Diner get mobile food service station
-Gathering nearly 500 pounds of recyclable plastic
-Donating over 1,000 pounds of canned food to the Carolina Food Bank

Recent examples in the Adolescent Program include:

-Building raised garden beds and presenting to the White Oak community of Waxhaw
-Serving meals and volunteering in the food pantry (stocking, organizing, cleaning) with the Union County Community Shelter
-Cleaning creeks with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm and Water
-Collecting and donating food to the Second Harvest Food Bank