The holiday season is a very popular time for fundraising. Especially around our school as it’s an optimal environment to garner attention and support for whatever the fundraiser is for and the holidays already bring about a generous attitude in most people. Almost every club is doing some type of fundraising, whether it be a food or clothing drive, a bake sale, or a holiday movie night. The Chronicle wanted to highlight a few of the different clubs and their clubs’ reasoning for why and how they decided the best way to fund raise.
World Language Club
(Courtesy of the World Language Club instagram)
The World Language Club, run by Senora Cohen, is currently having a fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House, which, if you don’t know, is a charity dedicated to providing housing and meals to families with sick children who may be in the hospital for prolonged periods of time. A member of the club, sophomore, Charlotte Jauss, says, “we’re asking for personal care items and packaged or canned food.” Jauss encourages people to “ bring in stuff from December 8th to the 17th and give it to your language teacher.” When asked why the club chose to support the Ronald McDonald House this holiday season Jauss said, “we believe the organization is very important and we wanted to use our environment and influence to help support them in any way we can.”
Lisa’s Army
Lisa’s Army, a club dedicated to creating care packages for patients undergoing cancer treatments, took a slightly different approach with their fundraising and is hosting a holiday movie night to raise money. Club officer, junior Tenzin Chukey, told us all about it, “we are offering a fun holiday movie night from 7 to 9pm on the 19th in the auditorium! There will be a screening of Home Alone and concessions sold.” She also said that tickets cost $5 and can be purchased at the door. When asked why they chose this slightly different approach to fundraising then something like a bake sale Chukey responded, “we chose this fundraiser because we thought it would be a great way to bring people in and celebrate the holiday.” Lisa’s Army chose this alternative fundraising strategy in hopes to appeal to the common love for holiday movies.
DECA
DECA, a very popular club here at our school, is partnering with a local bakery to raise money for the MIP foundation. DECA president and senior, Madeline Lodge explained the fundraiser more in depth, “the fundraiser is through Bredenbecks, you can preorder pies, cookies, and other treats and a percentage of the funds will go directly to supporting the MIP foundation, which if you don’t know is an organization that supports teens and young adults with cancer.” When asked why they chose this specific organization Lodge answered, “the connections run deep throughout our school since the foundation was started because of a former Springfield student who passed away from cancer.” Lodge and her fellow DECA members thought that partnering with an already popular bakery like Bredenbecks would attract more people to get involved, especially around the holidays when pastries and baked goods are in high demand.
