Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2010, Page 45

Description:	panthers practice philanthropyFrom worldly issues in Uganda to issues within the community, BloomingtonSouth students joined together in a variety of clubs to raise money andawareness to support important causes.9-422oo353>Invisible Children South veryactively supported its causeduring the school year. Juniorleaders Susannah Lodge-Rigaland Miriam Katz decided totry and make the group moreeffective than the previousyear in its work to help others.Our inspiration came frommy sisters role as the co-president of the group in2007, said Lodge-Rigal.Lodge-Rigals sister and herfriends stayed in cardboardboxes in Chicago to raiseawareness for the cause andLodge-Rigal felt compelled tohelp from there on,The group raised money forchildren in Sudan throughexciting fundraisers, like theMr. South competition. Weraised two thousand dollarsthis year at Mr. South, it wasgreat, said Katz. Along withfundraising, their goal was toencourage other schools tohelp the cause as well,-AMANDA STRUNKMany members of Bloomington Souths Habitat for Humanityhave the opportunity every Saturday to build houses, such asthis one. around the community. PHOTO BY CALIEYDH VALKYRIEBloomington Souths chapterof Habitat for Humanityenjoyed the satisfaction ofworking for a good cause inyet another school year. Theclub helped to build housesevery Saturday for the majorityof the year. Co-presidentssenior Rachel Joseph andjunior Miriam Katz workedhard at coordinating food,carpooling, meetings andannouncements for the builds,as well as working with theHabitat advisers forBloomington North and thecity of Bloomington. The buildsites were generally veryrelaxed and easygoing. Josephdescribed the feeling, Even ifyouve never picked up ahammer, you will feel athome,-ANDREW SILLSsoM-lSCO£3OsO>0The goals of the newEnvironmental Club were stillunclear in its first year as aschool sponsored club. Theclub was started by freshmanKatherine Head andsophomore Karolina Kenney,with Ms. Amanda Figolah asthe faculty sponsor.Inspiration for the clubsparked when the Associationfor Climate Education (ACE)did a presentation aboutclimate change that left Headand Kenney feeling a need forsuch a club here at South.Although ACE provided afinancial grant to help startthe club, the members stillneeded to do fundraisers ontheir own, as well as spreadawareness throughout theschool. Nonetheless, thefuture of the club lookedpromising after 25 studentsshowed up to the first call-outmeeting.-ANDREW SILLSTo collect money for Invisible Children, the clubdecorated shirts like this one to sell to Bloomington SouthStudents. PHOTO BY MIMI KATZSophomore Karolina Kenney flashes a smile while leadingan Evironmental Club meeting. PHOTO BY ELLIE FUQUACtoqe vftB wb omn if v3z tOUli f©r som &k& f&smi ©r som <stfhttim.Wa m-tfo <ms u3&0& hm utofcuiq (or. We, cmifa dmq&lkti uto seek— President Barack Obama045OJfiMJJZS
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