Savannah River Local Section Share Your Story

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Savannah River Local SectionShare Your Story
ACS Leadership Institute

• Lindsay Sexton
• Chair-Elect
• Savannah River Local Section

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ACS Savannah River Hispanic Outreach Event

• La Semana Nacional de la Química (National
  Chemistry Week)
• First time event held in 2011 and repeated in
  2012
• Children from an underprivileged local Hispanic
  community participated in hands-on chemistry
  demonstrations
• Event held at Casa Esperanza, a house offering
  after-school programs to keep children in a safe
  environment

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ACS Savannah River Hispanic Outreach Event

• Activity Development Planning
• Local section member volunteers at a church in
  the Hispanic community
• Local section saw an opportunity to reach out to
  a community that may not otherwise be exposed to
  National Chemistry Week
• Activity was planned through the ACS SR
  National Chemistry Week sub-committee
• Activities were flexible in order to provide
  relevance for the large age span (toddlers to
  teenagers)
• Several Spanish speaking members of the local
  section volunteered

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ACS Savannah River Hispanic Outreach Event

• Activity Funding
• Funding provided through the ACS SR local
  section
• ACS tools such as the Spanish version of
  hand-outs were given to the students and their
  parents
• Local church provided facilities to hold the
  event
• Impact
• 2011 event had 3 students attend
• 2012 event had 20 students parents attend
• Event was deemed an extreme success
• Students still ask the ACS section contact when
  she will bring "more science experiments".