HIGHLAND HIGH STUDENTS HELP STOCK UP FOOD BANK.Byline: Karen Thacker Community Columnist Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
For seven Decembers, Highland students, led by the service club Interact, have gathered food and gifts for needy children. Last year 10,000 cans of food and 600 Christmas gifts were collected for the South Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' . ``It's the school's way and our way of giving back to the community,'' said Carol Stanford, Interact adviser and a Highland English Highland English is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in the Scottish Highlands, more heavily influenced by Gaelic than most other Scottish English dialects. Island English is the variety spoken as a second language by native Gaelic speakers in the Outer Hebrides. teacher. ``We've been doing it for seven years, and every year they get more into it.'' SAVES, a food bank sponsored by the city of Palmdale, gets about 25 percent of its Christmas food and gifts from Highland, director June Hawker said. ``The first year they did it, they called me up and I was encouraged,'' Hawker said. ``But when I saw them pull up with three truckloads and two vans I was really overwhelmed. Some even took gifts to the families. It renewed my spirit and belief in the youth of today.'' In each of the last four years an ``angel tree'' has given students ideas of what to buy. The tree is decorated with white paper angels, and each bears the gender and age of a child needing a gift. Students pick the angels, then bring them back decorated and attached to an appropriate gift. ``There are custodian angels, soccer angels, skater and snowboard angels,'' Stanford said. ``The students all decorate their own.'' This year, other clubs have joined Interact in the holiday effort. The African-American Club is assembling canned goods and toys in gift baskets. Friday Night Live has helped with the toy drive. The first-period class that brings in the most food and toys at the school will win a cash prize. The Interact Club, sponsored by the Palmdale Sunrise Rotary Club, performs other community services. It organizes blood drives, took part in an American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. run, worked at a soup kitchen after the Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. , visits the elderly and raises money through a burrito stand at the Antelope Valley Fair. ``The kids do all the work. I just chaperone chaperone /chap·er·one/ (shap´er-on) someone or something that accompanies and oversees another. molecular chaperone ,'' Stanford said. ``It doesn't matter what it is. When they see a need, they can go do it. They're all good kids.'' Hawker couldn't agree more. ``They are trying really hard to get good grades and give something back,'' Hawker said. ``It's an inspiration to watch these kids.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Teacher Carol Stanford, left, and Tori Colby, 17, president of the Interact Club, check a Christmas tree Christmas tree Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. for Highland High students who want to buy gifts for the needy. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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