Spring 2023 Community Service Day

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, CHS students participated in our second Community Service Day of the year. Stephanie Martin and Ryan Totaro organized a day devoted entirely to addressing the problem of homelessness and housing insecurity in America. Students volunteered for the Roanoke Rescue Mission and United Way of Roanoke Valley; read about the history, systemic causes, and criminalization of homelessness; and reflected on different solutions to the homelessness crisis, both in Roanoke and across the country. We were overjoyed to host representatives from the City of Roanoke’s Housing & Urban Development Division, Keith Holland and Hope Browning, for a full school panel discussion. Community High School thanks Keith and Hope, the Roanoke Rescue Mission, and United Way of Roanoke Valley for partnering with our students, faculty, and staff in service of the Roanoke community.