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The Students Behind PAWS for a Cause at Copper Hills High
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It is one of many December charity fundraisers happening in schools throughout Jordan School District during the month of December.
On this episode of the Supercast, find out what drives students to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help others in need over the holiday season. At Copper Hills High “PAWS for a Cause” helps students give back throughout the entire year. This is their story of having fun while fundraising for a worthy cause.
Audio Transcription
[MUSIC]Sterling Hunt:
It's go, go, go from the time we roll out of bed until late at night.
Evelyn Marler:
For the last couple of years, we've donated $10,000 to Make-A-Wish.
Sterling Hunt:
But you know what, we're doing it to support our community. We're doing it to support the students.
Evelyn Marler:
Around to elementary schools in our district, especially in the Copper Hills community, donating funds from our “PAWS for our Cause” Winter Charities.
Savili Simanu:
And it's just a way for our community and our school to get together too.
Anthony Godfrey:
Hello and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. It is one of many December charity fundraisers happening in schools throughout Jordan School District.
On this episode of the Supercast, find out what drives students to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help others in need over the holiday season. At Copper Hills High, “PAWS for a Cause” helps students give back throughout the entire year. Join us as we travel with them as they award checks to some of our local elementary schools.
Marianne Johansen:
Ladies and gentlemen, students of the Majestic Elementary, please welcome the Copper Hills Student Body Officers.
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Rae Garrison:
We’d like to donate $3,500 to your guys' school.
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Marianne Johansen:
Is that awesome or is that awesome?
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Marianne Johansen:
$3,500 to Majestic Elementary. That is a big round of applause.
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Anthony Godfrey:
We're at Majestic Elementary Arts Academy. We're gonna hop on the bus with all the student government officers from Copper Hills High School and talk with them about “PAWS” for a Cause and what they're doing today, giving out money to those schools in the feeder system and beyond who have some needs just for the school to use in whatever way they need the money during this holiday season.
Emily:
Come on board.
Anthony Godfrey:
We're talking now with three of the officers from Copper Hills that are on the bus going from school to school to provide this great financial support to schools in our district. Introduce yourselves and tell us a little bit about the project.
Zoe Hein:
I'm Zoe Hein and I'm the senior class president.
Savili Simanu:
I'm Savili Simanu, I'm the public relations SBO officer.
Evelyn Marler:
And I'm Evelyn Marler and I'm SBO president and we're going around to elementary schools in our district and especially in the Copper Hills community, donating funds from our “PAWS for a Cause” winter charity.
Anthony Godfrey:
Now for those who don't know, Evie, tell us a little bit about “PAWS for a Cause”. What does that involve?
Evelyn Marler:
Yeah, so it's a charity ran by our student government in our school, Copper Hills. We collect money from our students and just from different charities or from different fundraisers that we do. And we are able to use it throughout that next year to put it right back into our community, providing Christmas and helping with funeral and hospital bills and with people in our community.
Anthony Godfrey:
What are some of the things that are done to raise money? I know there's a ton of creativity in getting people's attention