by Emily Bunsold

There’s a plethora of different fundraisers during the course of the school year at Bellbrook High that help toward many great causes. One in particular would be Bellbrook’s Pasta for Pennies. This amazing organization gives money to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, helping patients who struggle with the disease. Bellbrook asks that its students get involved by donating whatever they can to help raise money. Whether it be bringing money from home, or just donating the loose change that they have in their pockets, even if it IS just a penny, any amount helps.  And whichever mentor donates the most money by the end of the given deadline are rewarded with a delicious lunch from the Olive Garden! With the fundraiser ended as of February 25, the total came to $149.66. And the winning mentor, who will be receiving the Olive Garden lunch, is Mr.Lambright’s class, whose total donation came to $37.87. 

Mitch Powers, a senior in key club, has made the Pasta for Pennies fundraiser his own personal project through his high school career. At first, he was quite optimistic while collecting the boxes, but after counting up all the money, discovered the ending total was significantly less than previous years. Powers, suspecting that this was due to too many fundraisers going on at the same time and the lack of promotion for the organization, hopes that next year the fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will be able to get a little more attention than it did this year.