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Roughly $7,000 is enough to make one child’s wish come true.
“The goal this year was to raise at least two wishes, so the state told us that about $7,000 will grant one wish,” …
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Roughly $7,000 is enough to make one child’s wish come true.
“The goal this year was to raise at least two wishes, so the state told us that about $7,000 will grant one wish,” JoEllen Varian, one of Powell High School’s student council advisers said. “... we for sure already granted one, we’re well on our way to granting those two.”
Powell High School raised just over $8,000 for Make-A-Wish during its annual Make-A-Wish week Feb. 12-16.
For Make-A-Wish week, the student council went through a minimum of a month’s worth of planning, said Emma Johnson, student body co-president. Throughout the week Powell High School students raised funds through a series of activities including toilet tag ($941 raised), the dodgeball tournament ($1,850), a silent auction at a home basketball game ($1,821) and the annual parking lot auction ($800) with help from a student who has purchased the same spot for the last three years.
“She’s on her phone calling, I think her mom, to clarify that she can buy it … I think she donated some additional money as well,” Johnson said.
Other activities such as Minute To Win It, a 50/50 raffle and a movie night also contributed to the total. Powell High School’s band class raised the most money during Minute To Win It, a fast paced “pass the hat” style fundraiser, with $367.
Make-A-Wish week is “100% student-led,” said Varian. “They can see what an impact they have on their community, I think that’s really the biggest thing.”
Johnson said that she and co-president Jimmy Dees made a point to communicate to the community what Make-A-Wish events were happening and when.
“I think that really the power of Make-A-Wish in Powell is that you have these bigger schools that can have the numbers to raise that amount of money, but when you look at our population (compared) to the amount of money that we raise, you see how much our community wants to give back and wants to help out,” Johnson said.
Powell’s students aren’t done yet. The student council is working on organizing several other events, including a raffle for a two-day shooting class through Gunwerks, that would also contribute toward earning a child a second wish. Tickets for the Gunwerks raffle are $25 each and only 100 tickets will be sold.
