Teen volunteerism helping to grow Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg

Volunteer Kelly Dayton, 17, a junior at Fox Chapel Area High School, serves salads for the free dinner for guests at Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg.

Kyle Ong, 17, a senior at Fox Chapel Area High School who is a part of the group Technology Trained by Teens, helps Sharpsburg resident Barbara Cohen Williams, right, with troubleshooting an issue on her Android phone at Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg.

Allie Reyer, 16, a junior at Fox Chapel Area High School, laughs as she and other students paint and volunteer with the group Sharpsburg Rocks.

Kelly Dayton, 17, a junior at Fox Chapel Area High School, listens during a moment of prayer with other volunteers before serving dinner to guests at Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg.

Mikayla Feder, 16, background, a Fox Chapel Area High School junior, works on painting rocks with classmate Fiona McCarthy, 17, right, while volunteering at Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg. Feder runs the organization Sharpsburg Rocks, creating artwork from rocks that will be viewed in public rock gardens in Sharpsburg.

Fiona McCarthy, a junior at Fox Chapel Area High School, works on a Valentine’s Day-themed rock while volunteering with Sharpsburg Rocks at Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg.

Fox Chapel Area High School students Fiona McCarthy, 17, a junior, and Allie Reyer, 16, also a junior, select rocks to paint while volunteering as part of the group Sharpsburg Rocks on Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg.