New Hanover High School students donate check to YMCA
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The YMCA after-school program in our area will be getting new school supplies and snacks thanks to a donation from students at New Hanover High School.
An honors service learning class presented a $1,800 check to the YMCA on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the school.
According to the teacher of the class, Elizabeth Felts, students volunteer in the community for at least 40 hours a semester. They also choose somewhere in the community that they can help.
She said it's the only program like this at a North Carolina public school.
The class chose to support the YMCA after seeing that it needed help recovering from a fire that destroyed the building in 2015.
Students raised money through a school-wide four-square tournament, lip-sync contest and hitting teachers in the face with pies. They said their goal was $1,200 and they were shocked they exceeded that goal.
"We were really amazed and surprised," junior Sarah Tetterton said. "We were really excited to give that much money back to the Y, and we were really surprised that we as a class and as a school raised that much money."
The class also celebrated their other volunteer efforts Wednesday.
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