Dallas Rockwell Earns Community Service Award
Susquehanna Valley High School student Dallas Rockwell has received the Student Community Service Award for 2014.
Now in its 16th year, the SCSA program, sponsored by NYS Sen. Thomas W. Libous, Broome-Tioga BOCES and WBNG-TV, the Student Community Service Award recognizes young people who volunteer their time and energy helping others and working to better the community. This year, Senator Libous, Broome-Tioga BOCES and WBNG-TV are honoring Dallas Rockwell and 31 other high school seniors from Broome, Tioga and Chenango counties for their community service - activities ranging from volunteering at community events, fund drives, helping at nursing homes and hospitals, renovating park facilities and a mission trip to Kenya.
Dallas Rockwell (pictured with proud parents Harold and Amber), an SV High School senior planning to attend SUNY-Broome this fall, has spent the last year giving a LOT of his time and energy to a variety of community service projects:
- Served Christmas dinner to people with AIDS at Holy Trinity Church in Binghamton
- Volunteered
for the Early Childhood class at Two Rivers Assembly church
- As member of Boy Scout Troop 83 in Conklin, participated in many service projects for Camp Tuscarora and Camp
Barton, including Illuminary ceremony for veterans of Floral Park Cemetery in JC and
2011 flood cleanup
- As a member of The Order of the Arrow, Boy Scout
honor society, performing community service is a requirement and a
tenet of the organization; built tent platforms at Camp Barton, restored
a patio at Camp Tuscarora
- National Honor Society, participated
in Christmas gift drive for Golisano Children's Hospital in Syracuse,
played trumpet for senior citizens at Conklin Senior Home ,
helped restore garden at SV High School
- Played trumpet for Armed
Forces Ceremony in June 2013, RTS Winter Concert in Dec. 2013, Mock
Wedding presented by BCC at St. Cyril's Church in Binghamton in Dec.
2013
- Kiwanis Club in Conklin: served food in concession tent at Conklin Fair and painted faces at Conklin Christmas Party
- Helped set up garage sale to support Dollars for Scholars organization
SCSA honors recipients with a New York State Senate Proclamation and
with public recognition in special television ads broadcast on WBNG-TV.
Each recipient receives a $1,000 scholarship to offset the cost of
attending any college or university in New York state. Eligibility is
open to any student who lives in New York’s 52nd Senate District. The
student must also be planning to enroll full-time at a university or
community college located in New York.