{"id":998,"date":"2026-06-18T11:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=998"},"modified":"2026-06-18T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:33:16","slug":"positive-people-in-pinecrest-marcos-mendiola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"Positive people in Pinecrest : Marcos Mendiola"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Miami Palmetto High School rising senior Marcos Mendiola won the Paw the Teal Award at the school\u2019s award ceremony this spring. The award is given to someone who is committed to community service and participates in the school.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=997\">Positive people in Pinecrest : Catalina Valdes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of May, he had 480 community service hours, many earned volunteering at Opus Care, visiting elderly patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spend a pretty good amount of my summer there,\u201d he says. \u201cAt first my grandmother went into hospice there. I started visiting. Then I saw how lonely it was. I thought I should volunteer so it\u2019s not as lonely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At first, he would sit and talk to the patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d hang out with them so they would have someone with them, like a companion,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>After the first summer, he realized that some of the patients needed more than just a visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI approached the person overseeing my volunteering,\u201d he says. \u201cShe thought it was a great idea. I help organize painting and arts and crafts activities for them once or twice a week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mendiola comes with a collection of different arts and crafts options for the residents including yarns for knitting, finger painting materials and materials for canvas painting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI provide a lot of options, whatever they want to do,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>He mostly worked out of the Kendall facility but after a while he expanded to the Palmetto Bay one as well. He goes for five or six hours at a time, four or five days a week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would run the entire service, passing out the canvas and the paints,\u201d he says. \u201cIt gives them something to think about rather than being in the hospice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This summer he plans to put a drive together to collect many arts and craft items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also link it to (school club) Interact to increase the number of products,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>He devotes his summer to volunteering at the facility. During the school year, he coaches a basketball team of seventh and eighth graders in the Beth Am league. The practices are held three times a week with one or two games a week. He also plays on a high school team in the league as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoaching has helped develop my knowledge of the game and it has definitely increased my skills,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=996\">Positive people in Pinecrest : Gabrielle Kushner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At Palmetto he plays on the badminton team. He\u2019s also a member of school\u2019s Finance Club. He\u2019s also a member of Interact and the National Honor Society.<\/p>\n<p>Mendiola\u2019s the co-chair of the Student Council Student Involvement Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe regulate the club fair,\u201d he says. \u201cBy setting it up and establishing what clubs go where. We design the Fun Friday idea. There are tables, music, and games. It creates more school spirit. It involves all the students, gets them to the courtyard, and gets them involved in games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is a concern about school spirit and student involvement in attending school sporting activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say, I go to a lot of sporting events,\u201d he says. \u201cThe lack of people is disappointing. I try to promote the sporting events too, to promote school spirit.<\/p>\n<p>In college, he plans to major in sports business or finance. His target schools currently include the University of Florida, the University of Texas (Austin), the University of Inidiana, the University of North Carolina and Florida State University.<\/p>\n<p>During high school football season, Mendiola works for Florida Man Sports doing videography.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI video the games, after the games I do the highlights and we post them on social media,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>ABOUT US:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more Miami community news, look no further than Miami Community Newspapers. This Miami online group of newspapers covers a variety of topics about the local community and beyond. Miami\u2019s Community Newspapers offers daily news, online resources, podcasts and other multimedia content to keep readers informed. 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Whether you\u2019re looking for local Miami news, or podcasts, Miami\u2019s Community Newspapers has you covered. For more information, be sure to check out: https:\/\/communitynewspapers.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you have any questions, feel free to email Michael@communitynewspapers.com or Grant@communitynewspapers.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=995\">Panter, Panter &amp; Sampedro Awards 2026 Scholarships to two Miami Palmetto Senior High School students<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Palmetto High School rising senior Marcos Mendiola won the Paw the Teal Award at the school\u2019s award ceremony this spring. The award is given to someone who is committed to community service and participates in the school. 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