Volunteering Work
Paddleboarding Trash Pickup (February 2023)
![Paddleboard cleanup pic](https://kira-luna-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20230315212025/Paddleboard-cleanup-pic-768x1024.jpg)
As part of a Key Club service project co-organized with Kool 2 Care service projects, I and many others brought paddleboards and kayacks to a local park and paddled around the lake, picking up garbage and cleaning the area. It was a fun way to engage with the community, help the park, and help the environment! To the left I’m posing with just some of the trash we collected during the cleanup.
![K2C](https://kira-luna-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20230315213248/K2C-274x300.jpeg)
NJHS pizza card fundraiser (2020)
![Kira with pizza cards](https://kira-luna-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20211021074134/Kira-with-pizza-cards-NJHS-scaled.jpg)
In 8th grade I joined National Junior Honor Society, NJHS, and we did lots of fundraising and community service- including doing something called a Domino’s Pizza Card Fundraiser. We sold these ‘pizza cards’ and donated the proceeds to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital- my organization and I, of which I was a team leader, raised a total of over $7,000 to donate to the childrens’ hospital!
![Domino's pizza cards](https://kira-luna-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20211021074124/Dominos-pizza-cards-300x183.jpg)
Charity sewing project (2018)
![Charity sewing project](https://kira-luna-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20211018100313/Kira-Petite-Designers-sewing-project-img-1.jpg)
In 5th grade I took sewing classes, and as part of the class we sewed colorful dresses (together, we made hundreds of them) to donate to third-world countries and to other little girls in need.
Lotus House volunteer project (December 2017)
![Kid art volunteering](https://kira-luna-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20211018114029/IMG_0667-scaled.jpeg)
![Lotus House volunteering pic 2](https://kira-luna-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/20211018121116/Lotus-House-volunteering-pic-2-950x1024.jpg)
Kids Against Hunger charity project (2016-2017)
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In 3rd-4th grade, my class (at Apple Tree Montessori) volunteered to package meals for kids in need, in a schoolwide volunteering project for Kids Against Hunger.