Severna Park Students Help Homeless In Annapolis Area

Severna Park High School students Kolby Ledford and Jonathan Mazzola recently partnered with the Annapolis Light House shelter for their Leadership 3 project. Their goal was simple: to provide food, clothes and volunteer hours to members of the shelter to improve their quality of life. The two have worked with younger students in the Leadership 1 class to provide as much service as they can to the shelter. Through the months of November and December 2023, the students had numerous meetings and planned to successfully complete each of their goals for the project.

For their first goal, Kolby and Jonathan wanted to raise around $250 worth of cans and nonperishable goods. Their efforts exceeded $400, surpassing all expectations. The next goal was to give the shelter as many donations of winter clothes as possible. Over the next couple months, the boys collected over $125 worth of clothes through donations and clothes that they bought themselves for the shelter. Their last goal was to volunteer at the shelter in person, and they logged 10 hours serving at their soup kitchen.

These goals helped the two students reach out to struggling members of the Annapolis Light House shelter and aid the Annapolis community. Kolby and Jonathan credit the success of their project to the instruction they have received from the SPHS Leadership Institute, which encourages students to give back to a local community organization that they are passionate about.