November's School of the Month

The School of the Month for November is Homer Junior High School of Homer, New York!

The Humanitarian Club of Homer Junior High is a group of 8th grade students raising money for charities around the world. For the past two years they have focused on the Save Darfur Coalition.

Each year, before they begin fundraising, social studies teachers at Homer play the eight-minute video “The Promise” for their classes and discuss the situation in Darfur. The video touches many students and encourages them to help.

This year, the Humanitarian Club organized a school-wide Hat Day, when students can pay $1 to wear a hat in school (they are not allowed to normally). They also hosted a school dance, charging admission and donating all the money they collected. In addition to these events, the club sells green Save Darfur wristbands to raise awareness and funds.

The club plans to continue these activities throughout the year and is organizing a car wash for the spring. Its members work continuously to come up with new and unique ideas to raise money to help the people of Darfur.

Humanitarian Club members include:

Evan Alexander
Olivia Card
Becca DeWitt
Manseerat Dhami
Kayla Fisher
Addie Fox
Cheyanne Gaffney
Abbey Gray
Molly Gray
Meagan Hartquist
Taryn Heath
Danielle Howell
Pat Kiernan
Billy Luety
Kevin McNeil
LeeAnne Pedrick
Max Randolph
Katie Sinclair
Michelle Spencer
Tim Walsh
Zach Williams
Kim Butts (advisor)