Chinook High School Student Council Fundraiser nets $5,827
Students, staff and community were certainly committed to the cause raising $2,806 in the final 36 hours
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Keith Hanson
The Chinook High School Student Council turned a simple idea into a huge success with a fundraiser organized by the student body. The event resulted in $5,827 being raised to benefit Science Teacher Jerilyn Wood and Library Assistant Deb Olsen as they battle Cancer. Six staff members and five high school boys shaved their heads for the cause while three girls donated their locks to be made into wigs for adult women to receive free of charge.
The Chinook High School Student Council, spear-headed by the efforts of senior Brooke Elliot, the student bodies of Meadowlark Elementary, Chinook Junior and Senior High Schools along with teachers, administrators and the generous people within the community came together in an effort to help defray medical costs for two teachers battling Cancer.
The en-devour was a huge success, according to Chinook High School secretary, Chrissy Downs, a grand total of $5,827 was raised for High School Science Teacher Jerilyn Woods and Library Assistant Deb Olson.
Downs had been thinking of ideas for a fu...
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