MOMS AND SONS SERVING THE COMMUNITY

WORDS JENNIFER CASEY

The Young Men’s Service League (YMSL) is non-profit national organization comprised of moms and their teenage sons who volunteer together to serve their local communities during their four years of high school.

YMSL offers moms service opportunities and time together with their sons to grow their relationship and instill in them a heart of service to last a lifetime. In addition to service, as part of its four-year comprehensive program, YMSL teaches leadership and life skills to develop our young men into the capable, confident, and compassionate leaders of tomorrow. This past year was their first year back after the COVID restrictions, and YMSL Southlake wasted no time making an impact on the community.

These ambitious young men and their moms recorded 6090 service hours during its 2021/2022 year – the most in chapter history! This record number of service hours was far beyond the 4075 service hours required by nationals for the YMSL Southlake chapter.

“Each one of these service hours represents an impact on the community through one of our 20 plus amazing philanthropy partners. Our young men and their moms are always eager to serve with excellence to meet the needs of our partners,” said Ughetta Miller, the VP of Philanthropy for YMSL Southlake. The hard work and dedication of Southlake young men and their moms earned YMSL Southlake top honors at the YMSL Regional Training in April 2022, as YMSL Southlake was named 1st out of 54 DFW area YMSL chapters for total hours served during 2021 and 2022.

On May 1st, YMSL Southlake gathered for its annual awards banquet at the Westin. In addition to honoring 21 seniors from the class of 2022 and their moms for their four years of service, they also recognized over 40 young men with various awards.

• YMSL Southlake honored 21 seniors from the class of 2022 and their moms for their four years of service at the

Annual YMSL Awards Banquet. • The class of 2022 seniors served a collective of 4589.85 hours during their four years of high school.

Impressive! • The Spirit of Service Award was given to senior Dane DeLugo for recording the most service hours out of the 2022 class at 187.5 hours over four years. • Dane DeLugo and his mother, Dawn

Tongish, received the Mother and

Son Philanthropy Award for the most cumulative hours served together. • Eight 2022 seniors were recognized with the Senior Leadership Award.

Recipients included Josh Battalgia,

Dane DeLugo, Will Dyer, Jonathan

Miller, Scott Mundy, Dylan Mundy, Max

Reyes, and Ethan Smith. • Four young men were honored for serving the most hours in their class:

Scott Mundy (2022), Jude Bowen (2023), Jack Gerrity (2024) and Trevor

Davis (2025). • Two underclassmen, Trevor Davis (class of 2025) and Julian Manero (class of 2024), were honored with the

Heart of Service Award for their impact on the community. • In addition, 43 young men received either the Superior Service Award (20+ hours) or the Outstanding Service

Award (10+ hours) for above and beyond service hours.