COLUMBUS, Ind. — Columbus North High School Key Club members and others hope that a song in their heart is worth some money in their coffers — all for a good cause.
The club is hosting its annual fundraiser Saturday for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society with a big change. Rather than merely keep the promotion confined within a few classes of the the school as it normally has done, the organization is hosting the inaugural Columbus United Virtual Benefit Concert featuring 30 varied acts at 3 p.m. on the club’s YouTube.com channel.
Donations can be made there as well. The goal, fittingly for this year, is $2,021 — nearly double the $1,275 what was collected last year ($576 from one class alone), according to Shenyi Gong, club treasurer. The society has been the beneficiary of the fundraiser for longer than any of the students can fully recall.
“This year, with COVID, we weren’t initially sure how we would go about it,” said Sanjana Jain, club secretary. “But then we decided this would be a good time to give the community something to look forward to.”
