Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Reody ond Rolling. One of rhe mony jobs Pompee Paul performs os o candy stnper at Mennociol City Hospital is pushing wheelchoir patients when needed My moin job is to sotisfy the potients, becouse that s why we ' re here, Paul said M. Ehrlund. ihoring. I enjoy working specially when- rhey gei ed Kelly Van Horn said Van has roughr ihree-yeor-olds Sunday nornings at 5r Chrisropher s Epispsp U Church the post four yeors f g 30 More VOLUNTEERS . . .

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Stretch. Hoving completed Cooch Cloncy s pre-meet work out, swimmers limber up before their individual roces Moriy Knopp and Mark McKinnon stretcti before itieir events ot tfie Wesrcfiester swim meet in tfie nototorium D. Williams. SeoteatcK it out 44 M om, Monica and I ore going ro the Rocquer Club for obour two hours, OK? Is your homeworK done? Well . sorro. Get it done Then we ' ll folk obour going ro ploy rocquerboll Dur Mom ' Im so-o-o flabby! If I don r shape up, III be on old moid ond ir ' s gonna be all your fouir! Wirh roday ' s heolrh conscious sociery, mony srudenrs hove raken on inreresr in physical fitness During rhe summer, cheerleaders Chris Patterson, Tom McCall, David Ultis, Greg Cogle and Eric Knight worked out at Porter ' s Gym. We didn ' t want to hove any trouble with stunts for cheerleoding, Potter- son said. The cheerleoders spent about on hour and o half working with the weights at Porter ' s Gym three times o week. Fitness clubs and gyms were A Step Up. Three times o week, swim- mers Dorren Owen ond Joe Imrle ron the stoirs ot school to strengthen their legs ond lungs for swimming ' Its o lot better than jogging to build strength, ' Owen said L. Rogers. nor the only means of working out. Junior Bobbie Jo Schoeiman toned up by jogg- ing in her subdivision. I usuolly only moke if out three or four times a week and on Saturdays and Sundoys, Schoeiman soid Some students used exercise ro blow off steam. Senior Lea Stuff soid that she exercised at home when she wos frustrated or upset, I just crank up the rodio real loud and do stuff like jogging in place and sii-ups. The loud music keeps my mind off whotever is bothering me, Sruff said No motter how or where students worked out. physical fitness gave students self- improvement and self- satisfaction, I feel drained after working our for about forty-five minutes, but after- wards I olways feel good about myself, Sruff soid. BY LAURIE ROGERS Ugh! In o gnmoce of Chris Payne bench-presses 185 pounds Payne works out four times a week at President ' s First Lady Health Club D. Wlllioms. . . than we bargained for

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( mmcuUUf c ui4.cce»tcc taMveryone rapidly mode their way out ot the porking lot Most students began to concen- trate on homework, jobs and prac- tices, but some students transferred their energy into other oreos such OS volunteering The volunteer work took many forms Goyle Hojdik wos o condy striper It is a gooa experience to help other people, ' Hojdik said Hojdik began as a candy striper in March of 1983 at 5om Houston Hospirol Delivering moil ond flowers, passing out ond picking up menus, transporting patients and lab tests ond visiting with apotients also mode up mony hours for student condy striper Pompee Poul Usually the omount of volunteer hours ronged from 3 ' ' 2 to 45 hours monthly Some students also volunteered with the Girl Scouts. Troop 600 went to the Ronold McDonald House in October where they mode lollypop ghosts and set up o ■go fish both for the kids, They all dressed up In costumes, Alicia Harris sold. Harris was unable to go, but did help when the troop went ogoin in February. The Scouts e ntertoined the kids while A Helping Hond, We do the little things thot the nurses just don ' t hove time to do, Amy Peebles soid Dy delivering flowers to potients, Peebles helps to boost the morole of potients of Memorial City Hospitol K. Dyrn McDonold House parents met together in a support group Likewise, guys also became in- volved in the community Joson Derrio completed working for his Eogle Badge in Boy Scouts by orgonizing the restororion of the Larkin Street Community Center The restoration project totaled over 1IX) hours of volunteer work, He was required to organize, im- plement ond run the whole thing, Ann Berrio, Jason ' s mother, sold Many juniors ond seniors volunteered in o different way On Nov, 13, students donated their blood for lotet use by Houston hospitals and hospitols in the sur- rounding counties Most students found their first time giving blood on unforgettabl e experience I was scared because I never hod a needle in my arm before, Som Foster said With students volunteering either in a group or indivuolly for the community, these students seemed to shore o speciol bond, It ' s interesting ond a learning ex- perience ot the same time, Paul soid. DYGINA VICKERY A Wheelchoir Wizord. Mony trips o doy pushing potients oround Memoriol City Hospitol keeps Mott Stoker busy severol doys o week for five months The one problem wos the owful oronge jockets We hoted them! Stoker soid D. Willioms. Good Will. After ' roiding ' her closer, Leo Stuff pocks clothes for o needy fomily Stuff soid that she collected oil of her clothes thot were too small, un- recognizable, or thot she didn ' t wear to school anymore L. Rogers. Too Lote Now! After much indecision, Gary Gibson, like mony orher juniors ond seniors, gives blood ot the school blood drive Restricrions on oge and weight prevented mony students from participating K. Byrn. than we bargained for