National Honor Society Reaches Out to Haiti

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The National Honor Society at Spanish Fork High School set a new goal for the whole school last week. They, as part of their Character Counts Week, decided to try and gather 900 dollars and personal hygiene items for the people in Haiti. They picked the number 900 because there are just barely over 900 students in the school, due to the boundary changes these past two years. They figure that if every student donated just one dollar, hygiene item, and wrote one letter, they’d have enough to make a difference to the people suffering from the terrible earth quake. The theme for Character Count Weeks “The Character Within” is being exemplified through these activities. NHS sponsored an assembly where motivational speaker Chad Hymas challenged the students to find the character within through reaching out to people in need such as the Haitian people. On Tuesday the 9th, the students involved in NHS went around to every class and reminded the students of their goals. They picked up some of the donations first thing in the morning on Wednesday the 10th, and continued to collect donations at lunch the rest of the week. NHS also created a Valentine for every person in the school to highlight the awesome people that are here. A quote from Helen Keller summed up the week, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Pictured with candy and envelopes: Alex Singerman, Allie Winner, and Tyson Galovich

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By Kayla Christensen