The student council hosts a Make A Wish relay each year to help raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation which is a nonprofit organization founded in the United States that helps fulfill the wishes of children with a critical illness between the ages of 2 and a half and 18 years old.
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WHEATLAND – The money was overflowing the red plastic party cups in the Wheatland gym last week and the race was on to make wishes come true.
The student council hosts a Make A Wish relay each year to help raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation which is a nonprofit organization founded in the United States that helps fulfill the wishes of children with a critical illness between the ages of 2 and a half and 18 years old. Make-A-Wish was founded and is headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz.
This year, under the tutelage of student council advisor, Susan Schomburg, the student body ran a timed relay to see how much money they could donate in hopes of filling up their class’ money bucket. The seniors who had won the previous year’s relays again had their bucket filled to the brim and were the winners of the relay.
The real winners are the kids with illnesses and families who care for them. This year in three days Wheatland raised $5,475 which surpassed their goal according to student body president Khayla Otero and student council member Adam Suko who organized and ran the Make A Wish relays.