Contestants Embark On voluntarism

A number of the 2010 Spelling Bee contestants recently did voluntary work as part of this year’s International Day of Service.

Every year, the United Nations (UN) celebrates May 7 as the International Day of Service.

Dubbed the ‘spirit of Voluntarism’, the contestants visited the St Grant’s Blessed Assurance School, a deprived school near Manet Court, off the Spintex Road in Accra to interact with and help pupils in the school to read and draw.

The reading project was put together by Mrs Eugenia Tachie-Menson, Country Director of Young Educators Foundation and supported by the Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy in Accra.

Mrs Tachie-Menson announced that she was part of the 2010 International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) during which all alumni were tasked to undertake a project to promote the idea of voluntarism among children in their communities.