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Students supported their hope for a better world by reaching out to charities,
volunteering, and doing their part to go green and help their community.

It started with the simple outreac h of a hand, through voluntee ring, recy-
cling, or helping the community in the hopes of making the worl d just a bit
better. Both inside and outs ide of school, students focused on one goa l: mak-
ing a positive impact.
For junior Megan Swanson, helping others was a simply a matter of creat-
in g an organization base d on her pass ion of fas hion, but would also hi t home
with fell ow students .
"I had a teacher sponso r me and started the program j eans for Teens. You
ca n't do anything with jea ns you grow out of, so donating is a great option. I
ended up getting 125 pairs," Swanso n sa id.
Some students are going gree n in their own homes, like se ni or Elizabeth
Tompsett.
"I fee l like I'm making a difference when I recycl e. I kn ow I'm helping the
world, even if it's just one milk ca rton at a time," Tompsett sa id .
Volunt ee rin g was also a popular way to ea rn se rvice hours and give back
commun to the co mmunity.
Voluntee r work took junior Ashley Circo all the way to an orphanage in
paint houses a Chi cago, where she and other tee ns worked with children in need.
run daycares. It "We taught kids about hea lth and nutrition by play ing jump rope and just
really opened being their fri end . W e showed th em that peopl e do ca re," Circo sa id.
eyes to those I Other students left their mark by ed ucatin g younger children.
"My pos ition in my sco ut troop is the se ni or patrol leader. I use my kn owl-
fortunate than edge and leadership to help other sco uts ac hi eve eac h requirement neces -
me." sa ry to adva nce in rank," se ni or Kyle jones sa id.
With each set of hands play in g a role, students made a bigge r impact in
Patri ck Luddy, 1 0 making the world just a little better.

paint jOB giving BACK
Painting a rain gutter for the Bru sh- Senior Todd Swackh ammer vo lunteers
Up Neb raska house are juniors Alex at the ring toss, one of man y games
Mortensen and Phi llip Doyle. Spon- offered at the Ezra Elementary Car-
so red by National Honor Society, ni va l. Swack hammer attended to get
any student who needed co mmunity invo lved with his form er elementary
se rvice hours was eligible to attend. school. photo by Shelley Ceorgesen
photo by Sh elley Ceorgese n
special HELP
Jun ior Megan Sanne helps se ni or
Lill ian Jemison with her read ing unit.
Students helped the special education
cl ass by helping them lea rn to read
and write. photo contributed by Elise
Ludwick

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