 In this week's Golden Apples, students demonstrate the positive impact they can have by proving giving back to the community can be a good thing and that it can also be fun. Our Haiti Clotter has the stories. Here at Trek North Service is a part of the curriculum. Students are volunteers at the Book Fair. They also collect the canned goods during Halloween for the food shelter and they take trips that focus on social justice. NHS's goal is to serve your community but then also serve your school. Students in all grade levels participate in service programs. The School Book Fair is one of the many ways students earn service hours as members of the National Honor Society. If you are a sixth grader, you are part of the recycling program at Trek North. If you are a ninth grader, you could be at a nursing home or you could be down at the senior center serving meals. As members, students maintain a high grade point average, demonstrate leadership skills and volunteerism. If the school reaches its sales goal, Scholastic will give back 50 percent so the school can buy more books for students. They're almost at their goal. Students are working to register and answering any questions customers may have. Their wish list for certain books are also on display. The act of just regularly doing service acts for other people in the community really sets up a different mindset for kids as they go into later life so they can always be thinking about that. Seventh grader Samara Gris says she's an avid reader and loves to read mythology. She appreciates the service leadership offered at her school. I think that's really cool and I think it'll make it so in their future they might want to help more because before they know it happens and they know how the impact it has. The community also benefits from the work students do. For example, students collect in more than 300 pounds of food to donate. Senior Savannah LaCroix knows her work doesn't go unnoticed. I look forward to the volunteer work. I really enjoy going out to help all the different people and the appreciation that we get is nice. In Bemidji for this week's Golden Apple, Haiti Clotter, Lakeland News. And if you're interested any of the items on the student's wish list there's still some time to get them. Go to the website www.treknorth.org. Items purchased can be shipped to the school. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.