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Nov. 19, 2008

Volume 49 Issue 10 1015 Division St. Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613

Food bank benefits as CFHS wins first

Aubrey Caruso Staff Writer

Cedar Falls High School targeted hunger this year donating a grand total of 22,520 pounds to the Northeast Iowa Food Bank and becoming the winners once again in their second annual competition against Waterloo East and West. After many activities, fundraising and working together in such activities as trick or treating for cans, bean bag throwing, raffle tickets and third hour classes competing to bring in the most cans, Cedar Falls filled the truck with hundreds of boxes and sent it off to be weighed last Thursday. “If we don’t help who’s going to? I think that it’s our responsibility to help other people. With 13 million children in our country who are hungry tonight, that’s just ridiculous. Again, and if we don’t help them, who’s going to? It’s those kids we want to give the basic human needs to, and were just not meeting that need, so that’s why it’s important,” teacher and food drive coordinator Diane Flaherty said. In addition to the big Cedar Valley schools, Hudson High, Janesville High and Northern University High also participated in the food drive. “The biggest part of the food drive is seeing the whole student body working together for a common goal,” teacher and food drive coordinator Marcey Hand said. The total raised throughout Cedar Falls High School was 21.4 pounds per student. Last year, Cedar Falls High School raised 23,273 pounds of food. The Cedar Valley schools’ total last year was 61,176. “I think there was more enthusiasm last year, but that could be because it was new and exciting. I also think that we remembered how much work it was in those final weeks hauling and loading the truck. I don’t think many people knew how much physical work went into the last three days. We remembered that as we started this year,” Diane Flaherty said. Some of CFHS school groups that were involved were sophomore, junior and senior leadership, SSR and Harmony. They collectively held many fundraising events such as the student vs. teacher kickball game in the gym, a Halloween dance, a F-O-O-D bracket basketball game (patterned after the NCAA Final Four), bake sale and many others. “I think we did fairly well this year. We were off to a slow start, but I think once contests got started, classes were into it more. I was concerned though that we had classes that didn’t

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Top: Junior Kevin Kramner boxes cans before they are sent to the food bank. Bottom left: Seniors Ambrosia Austin and Julie Lang also help by stocking sugar. Bottom right: Juniors Arielle Morris, Jake Cayton, Ben Sadkowski and Nino Costerella lift boxes into the truck. bring in one can. I am just so grateful so many people participated,” Diane Flaherty said. This shows what an effect that just the Cedar Valley can make on so many people by students donating to the food drive.

“There is still going to be hungry people and we shouldn’t forget those people after Thursday when we loaded all our food and conclude our student hunger drive,” counselor and food drive coordinator Ryan Flaherty said.

News Briefs Senior pictures needed Senior pictures for the yearbook should be sent to the high school by Tuesday, Nov. 25. Send one color portrait (head and shoulder) picture. Digital pictures can be emailed to yearbook adviser Brian Winkel (winkelb@cedar-falls.k12.ia.us). Pictures can not include props (cars, footballs, hats, etc.). For those pictures we don’t receive by the deadline, we will run the student pictures from the junior year. We will also take free professional senior pictures for any student who requests them well before the deadline. Yearbooks on sale Yearbooks for 2008-2009 are on sale for $40 until Friday, Dec. 19 After that date, the price goes up to $45. The book is 200 pages and full color. Payments can be sent to the high school in a envelope labeled as “Yearbook Order” and enclosed with a check made out to Cedar Falls High School. Carolers available The 10th to 12th grade choir students will be for hire to sing for business holiday parties, community and social events this holiday season. Those interested can hire a quartet or a full choir. The students singing are volunteers. Those interested in contacting the choir students to carol at their holiday function should call choir director Kendra Wohlert at (319) 553-2507 or email wohlertk@ cedar-falls.k12.ia.us. Hy-Vee receipts requested The Parents and Teachers Together (PATT) Committee wants your Hy-Vee Receipts. Any receipt dated from June 1, 2008, to April 30, 2008, of any color will be accepted for this school year. Money raised from the Hy-Vee receipts is used by the PATT committee to help fund projects that benefit Cedar Falls High School. Financial Aid Night The counseling department will host a Financial Aid Night on Monday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium for seniors and their parents or guardians. The counselors will provide basic information about college financial aid including information about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Students will also have the opportunity to fill out a practice FAFSA if they wish.


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