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The Triopia FFA Chapter held
a water bottle collection to
send to Texas after Hurricane
Harvey hit. Students were able
to spread the word throughout
the school and to community
members. They set up tables
at sporting events to collect
water. The Triopia students were able to collect
29 cases of water and $192.
Students at
Wood Dale Ju-
nior High School
were upset when
they heard of
the incredible
disasters that im-
pacted our fellow
Americans and
citizens around
the world. Initially
the students
were not sure
what action to
take, then the
members of the Builders Club began
collecting funds to help those in need.
The collections were taken during lunch
periods and it was a free will offering
that netted a grand total of $218 to help
the victims of the recent hurricanes. The
money will be sent to the Red Cross.
Woodland District 50’s school mascot,
Wiley the Wildcat, helped promote con-
tributions to the Hurricane Harvey relief
effort organized by the Lake County
Superintendents Association. Wood-
land, which covers 33 square miles and
educates approximately 5,800 students,
distributed flyers and emails to staff and
families in the Gurnee area about col-
lecting new and unused clothing, shoes,
socks and school supplies to support
Houston Independent School District.
From September 18–28, 15 pallets full of
all of those items were collected.
Students from Warrensburg-Latham High
School and Decatur St. Teresa High School worked together to collect money and items at a
recent football game between the two schools. More than 850 items and $1,400 were collected.
The East Coloma-Nelson District in
Rock Falls Illinois collected supplies for
Hurricane Harvey victims. Students felt
compelled to help, and collected supplies
for five days. The end result was a full
moving truck and $400.
TRIOPIA CUSD 27
SUPT. STEVE EISENHAUER
EAST COLOMA-NELSON CESD 20
SUPT. CHRIS LENSING
WOOD DALE SD 7
SUPT. DR. JOHN W. CORBETT
WOODLAND CCSD 50
SUPT. DR. JOY SWOBODA
WARRENSBURG-LATHAM CUSD 11
SUPT. DR. KRISTEN KENDRICK-WEIKLE
War erupted at Western Junior High School in Kinderhook, and the results will help hurricane
victims in Texas and Florida. The Student Council at WJHS conducted a “Penny War.” In total, the
school raised $475 throughout the week of Sept.11–15. According to Student Council sponsor
Elizabeth Seals, $300 of the total will be donated to the American Red Cross, and $175 will go to
an organization in Houston that cares for animals in dire situations.
Seals was pleased with the results. “The Student Council members did a great job of organizing
the war and taking on the arduous task of counting pennies each day.”
“The people—and animals—in Texas and Florida have been through hard times,” said Student
Council member Natalie Harris, a 7th-grade student. “We wanted to find a way to help them and
have some fun at the same time.”
In Penny Wars, pennies and paper money are worth positive points; silver coins are worth nega-
tive points. The goal is for each class to get as many positive points in its pile and to donate silver
coins—negative points—to the other classes. The class with the highest point total is declared the
victor. In this war, the 8th grade conquered all.
WESTERN CUSD 12
SUPT. JESSICA FUNK