Optimists give to National Honor Society

Optimists give to National Honor Society


On December 11, Sauk Prairie Optimist President Bart Mauch, right, presented Mary Walz, SPHS NHS (National Honor Society) advisor, left, and co-chairs of the NHS Giving Tree Project, center, Ava Roach and Emma Kopecky, a check for $250. Ava Roach and Emma Kopecky, are the co-chairs of the National Honor Society Giving Tree Week this year. The Sauk Prairie High School National Honor Society chapter is conducting this event to show their appreciation for our local Sauk Prairie Healthcare team members in this tough time. Our goal is to raise enough money to give each member of the healthcare team a Sauk Prairie Chamber of Commerce gift card. Their goal is to raise $20,000. “Sauk Prairie Healthcare’s main goal is to improve the community’s health. Even through recent challenges, Sauk Prairie Healthcare has gone above and beyond in improving and keeping the community healthy. They have a big impact on our families and neighbors by caring for the large issues around us. Our Giving Tree service project wants to give back to all the healthcare members and show them that they are heroes of our community,” said Roach and Kopecky. Sharing the backgroung of the Giving Tree, they shared, “Retired SPHS English teacher Miss Mary Paddock masterminded a festive service activity in 1988 originally called the Mitten Tree which eventually came to be known as the Giving Tree. When she retired she willed the service project to the SPHS National Honor Society in the hopes they would continue the tradition of sharing warmth all year long. Each year the SPHS NHS conducts a week of giving called the Giving Tree Week during the second week of December.” The Sauk Prairie Optimist Club was proud to donate $250 to this cause of honoring local healthcare workers.

On December 11, Sauk Prairie Optimist President Bart Mauch, right, presented Mary Walz, SPHS NHS (National Honor Society) advisor, left, and co-chairs of the NHS Giving Tree Project, center, Ava Roach and Emma Kopecky, a check for $250.

 

 


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