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HHS Freshmen, Link Crew Raise Money For Charity

Money was used to buy toys for needy children through the Mitten Tree Program at St. Mary Church.

 

The Huntley High School Link Crew and their freshman advisories on Dec. 7 delivered Christmas gifts to St. Mary Catholic Church.

From there, the gifts will be forwarded to needy children throughout the area.

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Since before Thanksgiving, the Link Crew leaders and their respective freshman advisories have been collecting money to buy Christmas gifts for young children in need. Thirty children were “adopted” through the Mitten Tree Program at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Rd., Huntley.

These children were adopted through either Turning Point of McHenry County, or Options and Advocacy, two local organizations that petitioned the church to be included in the Mitten Tree Program.

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This year, the volunteers raised more than $3,200 for the holiday charity.

Each advisory received four paper mittens that listed the items a child wanted for Christmas. Link Crew leaders then began to organize and collect money from their freshman counterpart in order to shop for their “adopted” children.

The HHS Link Crew Program has participated in this event for the past three years. Link Crew leaders look forward to this experience every year.

“For me, it is all about realizing how much we truly take for granted,” senior Brittini Chung said. “It is hard to imagine my life as a 7-year-old girl where Santa could not come because of my parents’ financial situation. I cannot ask for a better way to give a little service than to anonymously give gifts to little kids on Christmas morning.”

Each advisory collected on average $100. Some collected as much as $170, all of which was spent on the toys, clothes, educational gifts, games and movies that will be delivered to the children.

Every child adopted by an HHS advisory received what he/ she wished for, and some received above and beyond.

The freshmen class and Link Crew also sent 700 cards to troops overseas. They really helped spread holiday joy to many families this year.

Huntley High School is located at 13719 Harmony Road, Huntley.

More information is available by contacting Valerie Lindquist, Link Crew coordinator at 847-659-6600.

Submitted by District 158. Article written by Mike Krebs, writer for Huntley High School student newspaper, “The Voice.”

 


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