Rowland Hall Saint Mark's - Hallmark / Lantern Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

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Courtney Nash Valerie Neilson Shilo Nelson Christopher Nixon Amanda Olsen Matt Ramsey Dan Ray Rudi Riet Robert Potts Greg Poulter Alex Theomas Heather Lire Gregory Zidow

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Zachary Beck Amy Buchi Matthew Burke Holden Chemers Brian Conner Kandyce Easton Randy Fravel Matthew Freed Matthew Hill Kirstin Holm 10

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Last year’s 6th grade class was involved with the project against world hunger. Amy Buchi, a 6th grade student, brought a Current Event article concerning the hunger problem in Ethiopia. The 6th grade decided then that they wanted to do something about it and they have been involved with this project since October 1984. The 6th grade found many ways in which they could raise money to send to Ethiopia. They had read about a school in Illinois in which each child donated lOd; to a fund for the restoration of the top of their capitol building. The 6th grade thought that this would be a good way to raise money to aid hunger relief. They asked Governor Mathe- son to incourage all Utah school children to donate 10(t; to this fund. They also asked Governor Matheson to declare Thanksgiving 1984 as Utah Care for Africa Day. The 6th grade also held a conference at the school campus in order to have media coverage. They also sponsored a walk-a-thon for the 4-6th grades in which they walked from the lower campus to the upper campus and back. They carried signs and cans to collect donations along the way. From all of their fund raisers, plus the donations from the Red Cross, the total amount of money raised was $160,000, which was an example of how successful their efforts were. This year, the 7th grade’s efforts were focused on the hunger problems in Utah. At the beginning of the year, Orrin Hatch asked three 7th graders, Amy Buchi, Amy Murphy, and Annette Milliron, to testify to the Senate Committee of Labor and Human Resources in Washington D.C. They requested that the Sunday before Thanksgiving 1985 be declared a national fast in which the money saved from the one or two meals fasted be given to aid hunger relief. On October 25, 1985, this bill was passed. Tamara Wharton spoke to the 7th grade about poverty and hunger in Utah. She helps coordinate the distribution of food for Utah and helped the 7th grade organize an all- school food drive for Thanksgiving. The school donated enough food to the Crossroad’s Urban Center to give 25 families one complete meal. Tamara Wharton also helped the 7th grade organize an ongoing project. They have adopted two families with kids; one family for each 7th grade history section. They are going to provide these families with food, clothes, cash, or whatever they need periodically throughout the year. They plan to collect donations and sponsor fundraisers in order to satisfy these families’ needs. And how do the student’s feel about their efforts to relieve hunger? They all have enjoyed it and have felt that it has unified their class. They also realize that “kids can make a difference, even if it only means keeping just one family alive a little longer.’’ 12