Students Give To Community Through 'BLITZ' Program
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
BLITZ is a sudden or overwhelming attack.
That's just what the Warsaw Community High School Student Council hopes to do. The council wants high school students to overwhelm the local community with hours of volunteer time at local organizations.
BLITZ, or Bringing Light Into the Tiger Zone, is an attempt for the students of WCHS to donate time back to the community in gratitude for the generous support they give students year in and year out.
Savannah Kimmerling, high school senior class secretary, said, "Teen-agers, and more importantly Warsaw High School, have gotten a bad reputation in the community. We just want to show that teen-agers aren't bad."
"We're also giving back to the supporters of athletics, theater, etc.," senior class representative Jason Dugger said.
The project will run Oct. 24 and will be ongoing at selected sites from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. A few of the sites will include the animal shelter, the Salvation Army, Eisenhower Elementary School and the Bowen Center, among others.
Ken Locke, community minister director for the Salvation Army, said, "We're just very appreciative. It speaks a lot about the young people in our community."
Students will be required to work a minimum of two hours. Transportation to the various organizations in which students will volunteer will be left up to each of the groups volunteering.
"It's a student-originated, student-motivated project," Kimmerling said.
The council hopes that BLITZ will become an annual event. Kimmerling said next year they plan to have BLITZ in the spring so it doesn't interfere with homecoming and students getting used to the new school year in the fall.
The council members acknowledged that BLITZ wouldn't get off the ground without the support from administrators and the community.
"As far as the school board and the community goes, they have been fantastic," Kimmerling said.
Dugger said students are enthusiastic about BLITZ. He said they ask about it constantly. The program was really getting all students involved, he said.
"Thus far, it has achieved its purpose of pulling us together," Kimmerling said.
A dance will be held at no cost at the Career Center gym Saturday evening for BLITZ participants. The wristbands they will receive while volunteering will be their admission. Non-participating WCHS students may attend the dance for $2 per person. [[In-content Ad]]
BLITZ is a sudden or overwhelming attack.
That's just what the Warsaw Community High School Student Council hopes to do. The council wants high school students to overwhelm the local community with hours of volunteer time at local organizations.
BLITZ, or Bringing Light Into the Tiger Zone, is an attempt for the students of WCHS to donate time back to the community in gratitude for the generous support they give students year in and year out.
Savannah Kimmerling, high school senior class secretary, said, "Teen-agers, and more importantly Warsaw High School, have gotten a bad reputation in the community. We just want to show that teen-agers aren't bad."
"We're also giving back to the supporters of athletics, theater, etc.," senior class representative Jason Dugger said.
The project will run Oct. 24 and will be ongoing at selected sites from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. A few of the sites will include the animal shelter, the Salvation Army, Eisenhower Elementary School and the Bowen Center, among others.
Ken Locke, community minister director for the Salvation Army, said, "We're just very appreciative. It speaks a lot about the young people in our community."
Students will be required to work a minimum of two hours. Transportation to the various organizations in which students will volunteer will be left up to each of the groups volunteering.
"It's a student-originated, student-motivated project," Kimmerling said.
The council hopes that BLITZ will become an annual event. Kimmerling said next year they plan to have BLITZ in the spring so it doesn't interfere with homecoming and students getting used to the new school year in the fall.
The council members acknowledged that BLITZ wouldn't get off the ground without the support from administrators and the community.
"As far as the school board and the community goes, they have been fantastic," Kimmerling said.
Dugger said students are enthusiastic about BLITZ. He said they ask about it constantly. The program was really getting all students involved, he said.
"Thus far, it has achieved its purpose of pulling us together," Kimmerling said.
A dance will be held at no cost at the Career Center gym Saturday evening for BLITZ participants. The wristbands they will receive while volunteering will be their admission. Non-participating WCHS students may attend the dance for $2 per person. [[In-content Ad]]