Key Club makes military care packages
March 10, 2020
Larson Lewis
THE MIRROR
Key Club at Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH) focuses on volunteer work in the community.
Their most recent job though is making military care packages to send overseas.
Lauren West a member of Key Club said, “The military project is going well so far we have raised a significant amount of money to put towards the items in the box and shipping them overseas. Soon we will be getting in the items to will go into the boxes so we can package them up to send them out.”
Key Club raised $2,500 for military care packages. They plan to send 80 care packages to people deployed in the military. The group is working with the Wisconsin Army National Guard who is based in Stevens Point.
Each package will contain snacks and personal care products that will cost $20 to $25 to pack and ship.
They plan to assemble and pack the packages on April 1 and will have them shipped out as soon as possible.
West said other projects that have been done are “backpacks for foster kids, making meals for warming shelters, making tie blankets for the Family Crisis Center, bell ringing, and serving food at the Place of Peace.”
Key Club plans to continue its community service throughout the school year and help with such services.
West said, “It is great for high school students to be able to get involved in the community by doing volunteer work for lots of different organizations.”
Larson Lewis • Mar 26, 2020 at 4:22 PM
I liked how you talked about other projects Key Club has done and gave good details while still keeping it short.
McKenna Coyle • Mar 26, 2020 at 8:42 AM
I liked how you gave a good explanation in here about the care packages and the national guard but still kept it short and to the point.
Kenny Schultz • Mar 25, 2020 at 11:28 AM
I think its really nice to hear that Key Club is helping out so many people in the community. I really liked reading this article, good job Larson.
Noah Viegut • Mar 24, 2020 at 12:50 PM
I didn’t know how much effort goes into making those care packages, but I am sure the soldiers enjoy receiving those packages.
Erich Vanblargan • Mar 23, 2020 at 2:37 PM
I feel that your second line when you said “Their most recent job though is making military care packages to send overseas.” I feel that the though could be removed to shorten it just a hair and in this section “The group is working with the Wisconsin Army National Guard who is based in Stevens Point.” The who should be replaced with that as who makes it sound like they are only based in Stevens point and not anywhere else in Wisconsin.
Mazie Maluka • Mar 11, 2020 at 1:32 PM
I think it is easy to forget about just how much has to go into preparing these packages if you do not directly contribute so I loved how you detailed some of the things that they have to do in addition to just making the packages.