TEEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT POMHAM ROCKS LIGHTHOUSE .
TEEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT POMHAM ROCKS LIGHTHOUSE
For many teens, performing community service each year is a requirement for graduation. Some choose to help at a hospital, a library or a local food pantry. This year, for the first time, teens are invited to volunteer at a Riverside lighthouse.
Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse is reaching out to local teenagers to make available this unique opportunity. The Lighthouse is one of the jewels of Narragansett Bay. Pomham Rocks Lighthouse is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, and high school students can choose from a year-long offering of community service activities. For students who must complete a required number of hours helping in the community each year, this provides an exclusive way to learn firsthand about local history and to actively participate in preserving a local landmark that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse 150th Jubilee Photo/Art Contest.
Pomham Rocks Lighthouse 150th Jubilee Photo/Art Contest
As part of a year-long celebration of the 150th Jubilee of East Providence’s historic landmark, the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse is sponsoring a photography and art contest. Entry is free. Entrants can submit photos (black and white or color) or pieces of artwork (colored or graphite pencil, ink, pastel, charcoal, or other) depicting the Pomham Rocks Lighthouse.
Anyone age 18 or older may submit an entry. Participants may submit up to two (2) photographs or two (2) visual arts entries via email at lighthouse1871@cox.net. Submit entry as a jpeg or pdf file. A committee of five judges, including a professional photographer, a professional illustrator and members of Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse will review entries and select the top three winners in the photography and the visual arts categories. Winners will be notified in April. Prizes include one-year memb