E3 leadership class donates earnings
$400 raised goes to junior basketball team
Stewart Burnett
Northern News Services
Thursday, January 19, 2017
INUVIK
Junior girls basketball player Livea Mitchener is thankful for a $400 cheque provided by the Grade 6 leadership class at East Three School.
Students in East Three Elementary School's Grade 6 leadership class raised $400 for junior basketball players. On the left side are Noah Crocker, Jake Jellema, Tristan Blyth, MuriaMcDonald, Fawziah Zubaidah and cheque holder Mica McEachern. On the right side are cheque holder Liam Cardinal, Pearl Gillis, Livea Mitchener, Aeva Grace Dempster, Paige Steen-Cockney, Adrianna Hendrick, Brennen Sutton, Seigna Holt-Griffin, Stephanie Parkes, Kyra Buckle and Maryssa Camacho. - Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo
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"We need it for travelling to Yellowknife," said Mitchener, referencing an upcoming tournament in mid-February.
"It's going to really help our team."
The leadership class raised the money through a Christmas initiative that saw students selling candy canes that other students could pair with a note and have delivered anonymously to a person of their choosing.
"It felt good to receive a candy cane with a nice message," said teacher Abe Drennan.
"People really liked it."
The candy canes were sold for $2 each.
The program was part of the school's random acts of kindness month.
"I think (other students liked the candy cane program) because we sold enough to make $400," said leadership student Noah Crocker.
After students raised the money, Drennan put it up to the class to decide who should be the recipient.
They chose the junior basketball team.
"The whole purpose of the leadership team is to help the school and improve the school in any way they can," said Drennan.
"The basketball team is always working so hard to raise money, so they always need help.
"They decided they would put $400 toward the team's fundraising.
"I asked them if they wanted to put it anywhere else but they were pretty adamant they wanted to (do that)."
Drennan makes sure to focus the students on their role as the leadership group and what their purpose is.
"When we refocus on the purpose, you can see their minds shift a little bit, and it becomes more about others than themselves," he said.
"They become more generous right away. They just need that little re-focus."
