Projects

American Heart Association
The American Heart Association hosts three large events every year: the Heart Walk in October, the Go Red for Women luncheon in February, and the Heart Rock Gala in spring. Bush School students help at all three events with set-up, take-down and other tasks as needed.
Sponsoring Organization: Bryan/College Station American Heart Association
Chair: Jon Greer

Aggie Relay for Life
The Bush School participates in the Aggie Relay for Life, helping to raise over $100,000 for cancer awareness and research each year. Participants in this late-night activity walk or run around the A&M track over the course of the evening to raise money and awareness.

In 2007, the Bushwhacker team raised $4,610 and placed fourth among all of the teams. Caroline Stephens, a graduating student, individually raised $2,155 and donated her 10 inches of her hair to Wigs for Kids.
Sponsoring Organization: American Cancer Society and Aggie Relay
Chairs: Kate Richardson & Sarah Dempsey

Big Event
The largest student-run service event in the nation organizes multiple projects across the Brazos Valley. Over 10,000 students participate in a variety of tasks such as painting houses for the elderly, raking leaves in local parks, and building fences on local properties.
Sponsoring Organization: Texas A&M SGA and Big Event Online
Chair: Grady Giffin

Bush Presidential Library Student Docents
The Presidential Library gives Bush School students so much - from funding student organizations, to speaker series and events, to providing conference space. To give back to the Library, this committee leads grade/high school students through the Bush Presidential Library. This committee, with assistance from PSO Advisory Board Member Dr. Hammond, provides great opportunity to hone communication and presentation skills while learning interesting facts about our namesake.
Sponsoring Organization: The Bush Presidential Library & Museum
Chair: Jessica Hart

Carver Early Childhood Center
The Carver Lap Reader Program pairs students at the Bush School with 3 & 4 year-olds at Carver Elementary in Bryan for a weekly reading program. Each week, students spend thirty minutes one-on-one with a child, reading and serving as a mentor. This program provides extra and consistent attention to children in need, while also emphasizing the importance of literacy.
Sponsoring Organization: Carver Early Childhood Center
Chair: Chris Causey

Habitat for Humanity
Founded in 1989, Bryan/College Station Habitat for Humanity is an ecumenical, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating poverty housing and making the right to simple, decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat brings together individuals, churches, businesses, and other organizations from all sectors of the community to build simple, decent homes with low-income families. This is the first year Bush School students will participate in Habitat.
Sponsoring Organization: Bryan/College Station Habitat for Humanity
Chair: Casey Christman

Race Committee
Created in Fall 2007, the Race Committee helps Bush School students organize for walks or runs held across the state, like the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Austin or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night in Houston.
Chair: Casey Christman

Replant
Replant Day is a one-day environmental service project that strives to improve the Bryan/College Station Community, bringing students together for a yearly tree planting event. Replant Day is coordinated and put on by the Replant Committee, a Texas A&M University recognized student organization. Sponsoring Organization: Texas AM Replant
Chair: Victoria Montemayor

Salvation Army Bell Ringing
Can you hear the sound of beautiful carols being sung or the ringing of a holiday bell? The Bush School is always a top fundraiser for the Salvation Army each year, ringing bells at the Sam’s Club in College Station each holiday season. Last year the Bush School brought in over $780 after just 12 cumulative hours of bell ringing.
Sponsoring Organization: The Salvation Army of Bryan
Chair: Katie Sanderson

Student Leadership Forum
The Student Leadership Forum (formerly known as Annual Event) invites juniors from Bryan High to the Bush School and Presidential Library to learn about the importance of public service in our local and the global community. The day is full of leadership development and service projects led by current Bush School students and notable leaders in the community. Students leave at the end of the day knowing how they can serve the community today, tomorrow, and into the future.
Partner: George Bush Presidential Library and Bryan High School
Chair: Emily Gunn

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
The tradition of 'Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF' began in 1950 in the United States when Philadelphia school children first went door-to-door at Halloween collecting money in decorated milk cartons to help the world's children. They raised a grand total of $17, kicking off a campaign that has since brought in more than $188 million to provide medicine, better nutrition, clean water, education, emergency relief and other support to children in more than 160 countries. Millions of children now participate each year in Halloween-related fund-raising campaigns in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Mexico and Hong Kong.

At the Bush School, graduate students hold a competition to see which office can bring in the most money.
Sponsoring Organization: UNICEF
Chair: Hayden Migl