Beneficial project
Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. has as a graduation requirement that all seniors must complete a senior project. We’re glad, because in addition to teaching the students a variety of valuable skills — research, writing, planning and organization — the projects often benefit the larger community.
Columbus North High School cheerleader Lydia Feltner’s senior project is another good example. She organized and conducted a 5K race that raised more than $4,000. Feltner used the money to purchase a new Bull Dog mascot costume for the school, to replace an old one that was falling apart, and a new inflatable helmet for the football team to run through at games.
Feltner views these new items as tools to help raise school spirit. We agree. Who wouldn’t get pumped up about them?
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Sets good example
Just because one is retired doesn’t mean one can’t be on the go — and help a lot of people in the process. Ask Peggy Wampler.
She received the 2019 Joan Pearcy Senior Citizen of the Year award Sept. 20 at Mill Race Center, in honor of her active volunteerism. For example, she’s a volunteer at Mill Race Center, Columbus Regional Hospital, Thrive Alliance and the Columbus Area Visitors Center — to name just a few organizations she’s aided.
Her get-up-and-go-help attitude has made others take notice in the past. She received a Golden Hoosier Award from the state in 2018 for her volunteerism, and was The Republic’s Woman of the Year in 2012.
Wampler’s examples are worth following.
Consider support
Looking for something worthwhile to support financially that benefits children? Consider a new feature at the local children’s museum.
By year’s end, kidscommons is hoping to raise $100,000 from the public to pair with $400,000 already secured to construct a new third-floor exhibit that highlights camping and nature. It will involve a treehouse, a nature center, a campsite and an underground area, for example.
The museum attracts about 60,000 visitors annually — meaning it serves a lot of children and families. That’s a worthy cause.
To help, go online at kidscommons.org and click the button for "Support the Third-Floor Exhibit."
