Independent Day School -Corbett Campus
Continues Tradition of Community Service

For immediate release
February 11, 2003
Tampa, FL

Thursday, February 13, Independent Day School-Corbett Campus (IDS-CC) will break from the normal classroom routine to send its middle school students out into the local area for Community Service Day, an annual school tradition for more than a decade.
IDS Middle School Director Of Studies Betty George says, "IDS has a long history of giving openly to the community whether it be canned food drives at Thanksgiving, or our school-wide support of the Spring at the winter holidays. Making donations is very different from working directly with people in need. Community Service Day allows our middle schoolers to give of themselves and we believe that is the greatest gift of all!"

Teams of teachers and students are performing public service work at the following locations, this coming Thursday morning and afternoon:

Flatwoods Park - With bikes in tow, students will clean up both the paved and off road trails in the park.
Tampa General Hospital - This team will begin the day in the children's ward reading to and playing with patients. In the afternoon, the group travels to Ben T. Davis Beach for a beach cleanup.
Peace Food Pantry Mission, Tarpon Springs - Students will help box and bag food donations.
Tacoma Park - Students will take part in this Mayor's Beautification Program project. In the afternoon, they are visiting Park Place Assisted Living center to make Valentine cookies with the residents.
Ronald McDonald House - Students will take over the "house duties" for the residents in the morning (cleaning and such) and then will go to Davis Island Beach for a cleanup.
Eldernet assistance - Two homes with elderly persons that need help with yard work will be visited. In the afternoon, the group will go to Shriner's Hospital to lead arts and crafts activities with patients.
Metropolitan Ministries - After a tour of the shelter, students will work in the shop, sorting clothes, etc.
Lake Magdalene Methodist Church - The day will be spent removing graffiti on a wall and cleaning inside a home that the church owns.
The Children's Home, Tampa


Founded in 1968, IDS, recently renamed Independent Day School-Corbett Campus, is a fully accredited, nonsectarian, independent school located in northwest Hillsborough County. It serves 500 plus students in grades Pre-K through 8. At IDS, all children experience learning in a nurturing and highly academic environment focused on excellence and developing a positive self-concept. IDS-CC has become recognized as an exemplary school with over 900 visitors observing and learning from and with IDS-CC teachers. For more information about IDS, visit www.idsyes.com


Contact: Dr. Joyce Burick Swarzman, Head of Independent Day School, Telephone: (813) 961-3087