{"id":24859,"date":"2016-12-21T11:16:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T16:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=24859"},"modified":"2016-12-21T11:19:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T16:19:31","slug":"hhs-we-impact-leadership-group-holds-first-successful-gift-drive-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/hhs-we-impact-leadership-group-holds-first-successful-gift-drive-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS WE Impact leadership group holds first successful gift drive for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Featured image: Members of the WE Impact leadership group (from left) <\/em><em>Jordan Taylor, Kira Valentine, Laura Rea, Adrian Laksmono, Addie Howell, Emma Mensour and Kristin Campbell-Stoneburgh. Missing: Khylie Brown and Noah Alexander. (Supplied photo)<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>A new student leadership group at Huntsville High School (HHS) is off to a positive start with their first activity, a gift drive to support local families this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The WE Impact group gathered new toys, gift cards, electronics, clothing, and bath and beauty items from fellow students to donate to The Table Soup Kitchen Foundation. They elected to call their effort a gift drive rather than a toy drive to support various ages from babies to teens.<\/p>\n<p>The class with the most donations per capita earned fresh Windmill Bakery sticky buns, and the organizers added reward incentives to encourage more donations: at 50 gifts they&#8217;d host a hot chocolate giveaway, at 100 gifts students would get a hat pass for the day, at 150 the teachers would be made into ice cream sundaes at an assembly, and at 200 students would get an extended lunch on December 22.<\/p>\n<p>Students came close to earning all of the rewards: the WE Impact group collected 179 gifts for The Table to be distributed to local families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free, twice-weekly newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured image: Members of the WE Impact leadership group (from left) Jordan Taylor, Kira Valentine, Laura Rea, Adrian Laksmono, Addie Howell, Emma Mensour and Kristin Campbell-Stoneburgh. 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