School & Family Magazine Newstand Pearland ISD Winter 2018 | Page 7

Students Give Back
Pearland ISD students spent the last few weeks of the fall semester collecting
food, toys, bicycles and gift cards to donate to local organizations and families
in need and helped spread cheer this holiday season.
For the 10th year, Pearland Junior High East athletes collected and donated
over 20 bicycles to Pearland kids.
Berry Miller Junior High National Junior Honor Society raised over $3,800
for B.I.G. Love Cancer Care, a non-profit organization that provides basic
necessities and other items to help pediatric cancer patients and their families
feel comfortable during treatment.
Some campuses participated in toy drives to brighten Christmas for area
children. Dawson High School collected more than 200 toys, while Pearland
Junior High South and Turner College and Career High School also donated
toys to the Pearland Police Department’s
Toys for Tots campaign.
The Berry Miller Junior High National Junior Honor Society raised
over $3,800 in donations to benefit the B.I.G. Love Cancer Care.
While these are just a few ways students
gave back this holiday season, others
contributed by volunteering and
donating to local organizations or holding
food drives to benefit the Pearland
Neighborhood Center.
Dawson High School students donated more than 200 toys to the Pearland Police Department’s Toys for Tots campaign.
CJ Harris Elementary Student
Council members organized
a food drive to benefit the
Pearland Neighborhood Center.
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