05/31/2026
🌿🦉 Beyond the Walls… and Into the Heart of Our School 🦉🌿
Today, the amazing members of Centenary United Methodist Church put their faith into action through their Beyond the Walls service project. Instead of gathering inside the church, they spent their Sunday serving the community, and Oaks Road Academy was blessed to be one of those projects.
What started as spreading mulch and cleaning out a trailer turned into something much bigger. When we realized we were nearly 60 bags short of completing the project, several volunteers generously purchased additional mulch so the work could be finished. That kind of kindness and commitment cannot be measured.
There is a concept called the Broken Windows Theory, the idea that when spaces are cared for, people are more likely to care for them. When we clean up our surroundings, we create pride, hope, and a sense of ownership. Children notice when their school is beautiful. Staff notice. Families notice. A cared for environment communicates that the people inside matter.
Today was not just about mulch and cleanup. It was about sending a message to every child who walks through our doors: You are worth the effort. You are loved. This place matters because you matter.
To every volunteer who gave up their Sunday, pushed wheelbarrows, spread mulch, cleaned, organized, sweated, laughed, and served, thank you. Your hands helped beautify our campus, but your hearts made an even bigger impact.
ORA is incredibly grateful for our partnership with Centenary and for a community that continues to show up for our students again and again. We are so very thankful for Mrs. Gayle Midyette for organizing all of the volunteer at ORA!!! We are so very thankful for every volunteer from Centenary that volunteer weekly at ORA 🦉!!!
💙 Together, we are building more than a school.
💙 We are building a community where children know they are valued.
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