With labeled boxes in many classrooms, students donated hygiene products to DECA’s donation drive.
Partnering with Friends of Foster Kids, DECA is leading a Project Management Community Giving drive for children in foster care.
The drive ran from Oct. 20 to Oct. 29. Many teachers placed boxes in their classrooms labeled with the products students may donate, such as toothbrushes, shampoo, toothpaste, lotion, feminine products, hair ties, body wash, deodorant, bar soap, conditioner, floss, and mouth wash.
“It helps kids get essentials that they don’t have access to,” senior Riley Touchton said. “I
want to make a difference, and it allows me to have a project to do for DECA.”
DECA’s Project Management inspires many students to help and engage with their community every year. Additionally, as these projects are a part of DECA’s Competitive Events, the drive will be presented in front of a judge. The three students running the Project Management are Touchton, and juniors Roula Victor, and Gina Tavolacci.
“All the donations go straight to a non-profit organization called Friends of Foster Kids,” Victor said. “It helps us make money and then everything goes straight to them.
“Friends of Foster Kids is an organization which has responded to emergency needs with
shoes, clothing, pajamas, coats, and hygiene items for years. DECA’s community giving goal is to raise as much money as possible. Eventually, all the donations are calculated and put into the project.
“It fits our school because it’s bringing awareness about how they deserve the essentials,” Tavolacci said. “They deserve the stuff that any other kid would have. One of the strict policies is bringing everything new, so we want to be making sure that they’re getting new stuff.”
As students drop hygiene products in the labeled boxes, kids in foster care gain more donations by the day.
