West Forsyth High School - Cronus Yearbook (Clemmons, NC)

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HELLO, MAY I HELP YOU?: Amy Styron and Amy Coxe are giving out patient information over the phone with the help of hospital computers. Both Amy Coxe and Amy Styron have volunteered at For- syth Hospital for two years. LENDING A HELPING HAND: Melissa Jester and Lori Wood are volunteer candy stripers at For- syth Memorial Hospital. They volunteered durin holidays and over the summer at least six hours a week. Although volunteering has its ups and downs, it is a very rewarding experience, replied Amy Sty- ron. All photos by Rob ... LABCDR OF LOVE est students were always willing to lend a helping hand by volun- teering for various organiza- tions. Most of the student volunteers worked only over the summer and on holi- days. They served two to three days a week and usually three hours a day. Certain departments of local hospitals are run mostly, if not totally, by volun- teers. North Carolina Baptist Hospital has a teen volunteer program called Volun- teen . The gift shop, information desk, ad- mittance department, and discharge of- fices are all very dependant on volunteers. After attending the Red Cross general hospital training program, volunteers are instructed on their duties, responsibilities, and restrictions, at the individual hospi- tals. Just knowing that someone may have a better day because of you makes up for all of the unpleasant jobs, replied Amy Coxe. Amy has been a volunteer for two and a half years at Forsyth Memorial Hos- pital. Some of the helpers, jobs include: pa- tient aide, delivering flowers, running er- rands, transportation, patient information, and anything in-between. Running errands 26 f Volunteers was one of the most demanding jobs. It involved everything from transporting specimens to the lab, to smiling or just saying Hi! to someone that did not re- ceive any visitors that day. Family Life, admittance, and discharge were very familiar to everyone. In the family Life Center I mostly did paper workg like admitting people, explained Misty Gibbs. It was also a great way to meet interesting people and make friends. Transportation, also known as dis- charge, was one of Christina Brown's fa- vorite areas to help. Christina has been a junior volunteer for two years. Does all of this hard work really pay off? There is an employee Service Awards Picnic each year in which five adult aides and one junior volunteer are given awards. I won the 'Junior Volun- teer Award' last year, said Amy Coxe proudly. At Forsyth Memorial Hospital after fif- ty hours of service, volunteers receive a cap. After one hundred hours volunteers get a pin. Extra benefits, such as free meals and uniforms, were given by most hospitals. Many of the volunteers are not only ac- tive at hospitals, but other organizations as well. Some of these include: Easter Seals Society, March of Dimes, Muscular Dys- trophy Association, and even tutoring handicapped children for a local church. Vikki Cloer has worked at the Country Side Veterinary Hospital for five months. 'fl have always wanted to be a veterinarian and working with the animals at the clinic gives me first-hand experience at the ca- reer I would like to havef' Vikki ex- claimed. All of the aides, no matter where they worked, agreed that they loved their jobs. Misty Gibbs deeply regretted that she had to find a paying job last summer. I am going to try to volunteer part-time at Bap- tist, sighed Misty. Although volunteering is fun and re- warding, it can be difficult at times. Shan- non Smith summed it up by saying, Al- though it was a great experience, I don't believe I would have enough patience to do it nine hours a day! No matter how hard or how many hours a day volunteers work, they always seemed to agree that they were more than glad to lend a helping hand.

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GO FISH: Having locked his keys in his 1984 Ca- maro, Brian Young attempts to get his car unlocked with a coathanges. According to Mr. Brandon's esti- mate, about T25 people face this situation at some- time during the year. RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON THEIR HEADS: Students try to stay dry as they rush to beat the tardy bell. Not only do they change class, but students and some staff must change buildings be- tween every class in every kind of weather. On pretty sunny days this was a nice breath of fresh air, but on cold or rainy days it was torture. I l MURPHY'S LAW: ANYTHING THAT CAN GO WRONG, WILL By Terri Hodges icture this. You have just awak- ened. You stumble out of bed to turn on the lights, and they donit come on! The power has obviously gone out. You do your best to get ready for school - by candlelight. Your hair is a mess, you are starving to death, and it's raining outside. You arrive at school late, adding another tardy to the three you al- ready have and then find out it's picture day! Many students have had such disaster days as this. Describing her typical disaster day Erin McGinnis replied, My typical disaster day was when I was late to school with my hair still wet from my morning shower. It was very cold that morning. I fell flat on my face running to first period. I had no money for lunch and I left my workout clothes for Titanides at home. What a day! Having an argument with the one you love is probably one of the worst days a person could have. Jeff Thrower, a junior, commented, My disaster day was when I had a fight with my girlfriend, Melissa fRogersJ. We got into a fight because I 28 f Disaster Days was looking at another girl. It was really stupidf' Ms. Connie Dewberry stated, Many students can talk to me about relation- ships, conflicts, the death of a loved one, pregnancies, course selections, SAT and other testing information, college informa- tion and career interests. But the one ma- jor problem I encounter most is probably the one dealing with relationships between friends and the opposite sexf' Teenagers are faced with the day to day hassle of cramming for major tests, memo- rizing a multitude of facts, job pressures, and peer pressure. The pressures and deci- sions teenagers go through can lead to a majordisaster - suicide. Suicide was the third leading cause of death among young people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four. The single-most cause for sui- cide is depression. Following close behind that is drug and alcohol abuse, and di- vorce. The primary reason for teenage de- pression, according to Dr. Bruce Forester, associate professor of psychiatry at Co- lumbia University in New York City, is selves regardless of whether it is for their the inner pressure they place on them parents, approval and love or to build u their fragile sense of self-worth. The day a girl finds out she is pregnan could be one of the worst days of her life Each year approximately one-thousant girls between the ages of ten and ninetee: become pregnant. Two-thirds are unin tended. Fifty percent of these pregnancie end in abortions and twenty percent of th pregnant teenage girls in Forsyth Count do not even finish high school. Doris Orr, the school nurse, commenter with concern, looking at these high statis tics, itfs a big problem. Some disasters are not disasters at al merely inconveniences or mildly emba assing situations. Other occurrences cal truly be categorized as a disaster. Teen face both during what many people tel them ' . . . are the best years of your life. It is a major accomplishment to face these situations, solve the minor and majoi problems, and forge ahead. Most youn people manage the disasters of growing u quite well.