Giving Tree

Post date: Nov 5, 2014 9:24:18 PM

It's that time of year again- time to help those families in need in our district. Shawnee High School Beta Club is collecting cans and non-perishable food items for a local food pantry. We will be collecting them up until November 21st. Cans can be sent via students and turned into their SAT teachers, or they can be dropped off at the high school office.

In addition, we are again collecting money for our Giving Tree fund. The Giving Tree resulted in 44 students in need receiving gifts last year at Christmas, and 23 food baskets for families. Last year a blizzard knocked us out of school for many days right before Christmas, preventing people from taking ornaments off the tree that described the gifts. Thanks to the generous donations of individuals in our community we had enough money in our built-up funds to still purchase the gifts. Several teachers and staff spent a snow day shopping for the students. In case of a similar situation, we are again accepting monetary donations for the Giving Tree but the money can also help with the food baskets.

Your kindness & help is much appreciated!