Class Project - OHOH Fundraiser Permission

Dear Mr. Hill and Dr. Jarnagin,

For our class project, the students from Ms. Caston-Smith's Pre-AP English 9 classes (and three who have recently joined the group) have decided that we would like to raise money and awareness for Open Hands Overflowing Hearts, an organization that supports those who are suffering from childhood cancer or know someone who is and donates money to pediatric cancer research. Some of us have known Kayla Perry, the founder of the organization, for a while and know that she is truly a blessing to this world. She has Neuroblastoma and began OHOH to inform people of the severity of childhood cancer. We would love to support her by using the table in the back of the cafeteria to collect donations and raise awareness for this amazing cause.

We had the idea of bringing the lemon challenge that Kayla started to Spain Park. The challenge is taking a video of yourself sucking on a lemon for 5 seconds and then posting to social media, similar to the ALS ice bucket challenge. When you take the challenge, or even if you don't, you donate $3 at the link below. However, we know kids don't have credit cards, so we thought of putting lemons on the donation table in the back of the cafeteria along with donation boxes. Then, we could make an announcement about what it is and that you can come to the table and take the challenge, but you have to donate the $3 first. Could we possibly reserve this table for the first week of December, the 1st-5th?

Our social media blitz begins this weekend with every member of our group taking the lemon challenge and posting to their preferred social media. We challenge you and all the teachers to join us and take the challenge as well. When you take the challenge, make sure at the end you say, "I would do anything to end childhood cancer. What would you do?" To donate, use the link below.

http://bit.ly/OHOHdonate 

Thank you for considering our request.

Jen Spell- student leader

Kennedy Baskin

Mia Bradley

Elasha Farmer

Emma Holcomb

Matthew Lopez

Aafiya Vishram

Maggie Yester

Tristan Burpo

Josh Hill

Marlee Johnson

Hannah Reister

Lexi Witherspoon

Reece Eberhardt

Charlie Ford

Iman Ladhani

Maris Laney

Joey St.Cyr

Casey Stark

JP Woolley

Abigail Brumbeloe

Caroline Rice

Tuba Khan

And the following from English 9 classes:...

Bailey Deas

Caroline Waldrop

Jane Roberson