Published 11/17/23
Student Council has once again organized Huddle Up Against Hunger, also known in the school as“HUAH,” which has been going on for 39 years. This year, though, it has come back in full force with a bit of a twist. Instead of the traditional canned food drive, they switched over to monetary donations in a campaign called Change4Change.
The reasoning behind this change was simply because the organizations that Student Council works with asked for monetary donations instead of canned goods.
“They had actually asked us to do money instead of canned goods because the people that don’t have homes won’t have anywhere to put the cans so they’d rather take money than the cans,” Student Council Secretary Kaleana Stewart said.
Student Council set out with hopes to raise at least $600 throughout the campaign, but they feel hopeful about exceeding that goal. As of Nov. 10, with a week left, they had raised about $150. The winning first period class will receive a donut party for their hard work.
As for tracking how much money every classroom has raised, Student Council has said for every $3 a classroom raises, a paper turkey leg will be placed outside their door, which piqued some people's interest.
“We figured that would be a cool way to, you know, have a bit of competition going on and have people really want to get involved,” Student Council Vice President Chanasia Brown said.
The money raised through Change4Change will benefit Sonny Day and Old Bethel United Methodist Church, two eastside organizations they have worked with for years.
“Sonny Day and Old Bethel help us a lot,” Student Council President Kévae King said. “They help out families in Warren Township and Old Bethel they’ve helped with Student Council, so those are just both programs that help us so we’re helping them too.”
It is important for people to donate to causes like this, according to Brown.
“Even though you may be helping people who are in your community you may also be helping friends who you don’t know are actually going through struggles,” she said.