Our Faith in Action

Faith-in-Action / Community Outreach is a very important part of our Butte Central Theology curriculum. Mrs. Becky Peoples coordinates with various places in our community to set up volunteer times for Butte Central students to give their time, talents and kindness, helping out where needed. Each of Becky’s high school classes is assigned to a different cause and every week fulfills jobs that aid in each cause.

Some examples of the faith-in-action assignments are as follows:

• Head-Start: helping in busy classrooms with students ages 3-10, doing whatever the teacher asks of each student-volunteer. (One class of Juniors and Becky go every Tues. morning to help in the young student classes and an alternating group of 7 Sophomore students go each Tues. afternoon to help in the older student classes.)

  
  

• Big Sky Senior Living: assisting residents with numerous tasks, keeping them company, playing games, and doing puzzles etc. Beautiful bonds are created between students and the residents:-) Becky and a Junior class of students go every Tues.)

• The Knights of Columbus: setting up tables and preparing food, serving lunch to the homeless community of Butte, and cleaning up after lunch (every Tues. and Thursday 3 different  high school students alternate each week.)

• BC Elementary: helping teachers and students with various tasks and assignments needed at the time. (a full class of sophomores go to help one day a week.) High school senior students also help at the elementary school by periodically teaching  mini Theology lessons that they have previously learned such as, teaching the Rosary, Valentine projects, (Virtue of Love/Charity) and Guardian Angel lessons.

  
  

• New Hope (Women's Center): Three senior girls go on Monday’s to assist with filing, stocking, and cleaning.

  
  

• Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army: During the holiday season we work with the Salvation Army and I coordinate pairs of students to work in shifts at each of the doors inside Walmart ringing bells to collect donations for the Salvation Army.

  
  

• Food Bank donations: Every school year, a school wide food drive is organized. All students and staff bring in non-perishable food items to donate to the Butte Food Bank.

  
  

• Butte Cares: Once a year Becky and her students work with Butte Cares during their community clothing drive…they fold, hang up, and organize clothing , set up tables, and assist the Butte Cares staff the day of the drive.