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DRSS Key Club continues to benefit the community by experimenting with a new project. Key Club is a student run club that focuses on fundraising at school or in the community to help local and national charities. Projects Key Club has done this year include pep rally, winter dance, and change wars.
Now, they are partnering with World’s Finest Chocolate to help raise money for a local charity: Shoes for the Shoeless. Shoes for the Shoeless is a non-profit organization that began in Dayton, started by Kris Horlacher, which donates shoes, socks, and underwear for students ages 5-18. It began giving shoes to children in need back in 2010, winning the Pepsi Refresh award.
Each box of chocolate generates $60, half of which goes to Key Club, the other half to Shoes for the Shoeless. Key Club hopes to generate over $3000 in sales. Key Club Treasurer, Pooja Shirahatti, says, “I think the chocolate sales is a great idea to raise money because everyone loves chocolate. I am most excited about raising enough money to donate at least 300 shoes to people who don’t have access to shoes their own size or access to shoes at all.” Students who sell more than four boxes can be awarded a cash prize by selling more than their fellow students.
Five different types of chocolate are on sale: dark, milk, wafer crisp, caramel, and almond chocolate. Students will be selling before and after school. 11th grade student, Anjali Phadke, stated, “I had a dollar and instead of buying a frosty, I bought a chocolate bar. They’re that good.”
With a large variety, everyone will be able to enjoy and even better, the money will help a local Dayton charity that needs our help. The project dovetails nicely with Key Club’s Flower-grams project, which are also now on sale. During Valentine’s Day, students can send their friends a nice message, along with a chocolate bar.
One of the great things about this project is that it branches out to the community. This is an amazing opportunity for both Key Club and Shoe’s for the Shoeless because everyone in the DRSS community can give back, while also receiving a delicious reward.
