Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2017, Page 8

Description:	TTWORKING AT THECAR WASHLa Torre is known around Bloomington not only for being afamily owned Mexican restaurant, but also for hosting carwashes for South clubs. Every year the boys and girls soccerteams host car washes at the La Torre restaurant to raise fundsto support South soccer.However, a change occurred that may affect this yearlytradition: La Torre permanently closed its doors on August 21,2016. After people heard about the closing, the question ofwhether or not the well known car washes would continuearose. Senior Nicholas Anderson said that he believes that thecar washes will live on, and he is not nervous about [theteams] finding a new location because there are so manybusinesses in Bloomington that are willing to give back to thecommunity and help [the soccer teams] out.The car washes were very successful in raising money forteams and over the years became a big part of the fund raisingprocess. The most recent Boys Soccer car wash brought in$2000, an impressive feat that would not have been achievedwithout hard work. All of the members of the team, along withvolunteer parents, took shifts hand washing the cars andadvertising to get customers. Anderson said that to bring inWith La Torre closing, it marks the end of astreak of both bo/s and girls soccer team carwashes filled with fond memories andexperiences in recent /ears for students atSouth.customers, they had players go out onto the sidewalk ofcollege mall road and try [to] lure people in with signs. SeniorAldridge Zajmi went the extra mile to entice people to get theircars washed by walk[ing] into the road and try[ing] to dosomething funny like cry, get on [his] knees, [and] say T loveyou to every car.While the Girls Soccer Team also raised around $2000, ithad a different way of advertising the event. The coachescarried out a challenge chosen by the team to receive agenerous donation from one of the players grandma. JuniorBrynne Newland said that the team decided to have the coachgo out in the middle of the street, the median, and dance toMilkshake by Kelis while holding a poster. According toNewland, this was not the first year that the coaches did achallenge for a donation. Our coach loves it; she added, lastyear he even hurt his ankle doing it.Car washes are a lucrative tradition and encourage groupbonding among any organization that hosts them. Surely such aprominent fundraising event will thrive despite thedisappearance of its most popular place; however, only timewill tell. - BRITTANY UNDERWOOD11\| fcjac.I. South girls soccer coaches accept the challenge from theteam and had to dance in the street to attract drivers totheir car wash fundraiser. The car wash began at 10:30a.m. and lasted until 3:30 p.m. II. Boys on the south soccerteam wash a car on a sunny day to fundraise for theirteams expenses. Not only did they collect a lot ofdonations, but they were also able to take time to bondas a team. III. The boys on the south soccer team worktogether to wash a car for donations. The team madeover $2,000 in donations from the car wash. PHOTOSBY BRYNNE NEWLAND AND CAMERON MCCLAINE8 \| Academics I JAPANESE VOTERS ELECT YURIKO KOIKE AS TOKYOS FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR 7/31 I NEW FLORIDA ZIKA
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