Student leadership has been busy at high school

Shannon LeClair

Times Reporter

 

The community events portion of the Student Leadership Council, SLC, at Strathmore High School has been busy this past semester, raising funds and items for those less fortunate. Cheryl Davidson is in charge of the group of kids, and said the most recent fundraising event they have undertaken has been filling the wish list provided to them by the Crisis Society. 

“We were able to get everything off of the list which was great” said Davidson. “So I took the money that was raised and went to Walmart and bought the supplies that we didn’t have – like the George Foreman Grill.” 

It was a TA challenge for the entire school. They stopped collecting donations on Dec. 15. The SLC had asked for monetary donations and for items such as toothbrushes, toilet paper and other household items. 

“They exceeded what we expected of them, and they were able to get everything off the list,” said Davidson. 

In November SLC students held a ‘Taste of Strathmore.’ International students at the school were asked to make a food that represents their country. The students then googled the recipes and created the samples themselves at home. Each of the three days saw six different countries featured.  Students were able to purchase three tickets for a dollar, which gave them a small sample of the homemade treats.  

Davidson’s daughter, Brooklyn, is working on organizing a talent show on Feb. 9. The talent show will be showcasing students with various talents, while fundraising for the Schools. For Schools campaign. 

“The fundraising is to pay for the supplies to fill the kits,” said Cheryl. 

The kits are little canvas bags. Davidson said there are women in the community sewing the bags. They stuff the kits with school supplies, and then they go to orphanages and third world countries. Schools for Schools began from a church organization called Humanitarian. They do the school kits and have specific instructions on how big the kits should be and what should be in them.  Davidson said the church distributes millions of kits every year. 

While the students who went to Kenya last spring are not a part of the SLC, they have started their own club called ‘Me to We.’ They are currently working on a Free The Children project and are hoping to fundraise enough to dig a water well in the area of Kenya they visited. Many of the women in Kenya have to walk, often for hours, to make just one water trip for their family each day. Teacher Christine Magill said they are looking at going to Kenya again in 2012, though it may not necessarily be tied to the water well project.