Thunder Ridge High School students get a ‘Thank you’ for their donations
When the members of the student council at Thunder Ridge High School was asked to help supply 450 backpacks to children in Kabul, Afghanistan, they knew it would be a challenge.
“I was, like, ‘This is so amazing, but how are we going to do that?'” said Maggie Rushton, a senior.
But they were up for the task.
“I just think it’s cool that we took it from just an idea to actually making it happen,” Rushton said.
The group of students was able to collect supplies and raise money to buy items for the kids. They gathered boxes of crayons, glue sticks, watercolor paint and more.
“It was a $10,000 project, so I think we decided each backpack was worth $45,” said Lacie Wright, a senior.
Once everything was in their hands, the students then boxed it all and sent it to the children in need.
That was in November.
On Friday, Thunder Ridge High School students got the chance to see what their hard work meant to the kids who got the backpacks. A guest presenter brought the class video and pictures of the delivery.
“It was kind of cool to see our impact going worldwide and global. It was just a really cool feeling,” said John Gorriceta, a senior.
Along with the video and pictures, the students were also given plaques and memorabilia to remember the service they did.
“It’s a constant reminder that leadership is selfless and you really need to put other people first,” Wright said.
The students said it was definitely hard work putting everything together, but seeing how much it was appreciated made it all worthwhile.
“They’re in a community (where) they don’t get a lot, but after (getting) the supplies, they just had the biggest smiles on their faces and you could tell that I impacted their lives,” Rushton said.
The teacher who works with the student council, Kara Kearsley, hopes to do be able to give back to that same school in Kabul in the future. She said she is already making plans with the same people who helped deliver the items.
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