Toss A Toy & Thanks

Well once again, the staff and students at Vantage Career Center did an outstanding job in raising money to purchase toys for so many area children. Mrs Amy Grothouse has led this charge for the last six years and will be stepping down after this year. I know all of us want to thank her so much for taking this task on and doing such a great job with it. So many children have been touched by this program over the years and Amy has the stories to go with it. If you get a chance, just ask her about some of the stories she has heard over the years and even an interesting "marriage" story that she just heard about this year. Thank you Amy for making Christmas special for so many children.

Mrs G. read off the totals at lunch time today and they were impressive. We have several days where we raise funds for this project and each one was a great success. Our change stall day raised over $702 dollars. The colored extensions day made over $202, this is led by Mrs Smith and the Cosmetology students. This money was raised just during lunch time on a single day. The ugly sweater contest raised over $100. With several jeans days and other events, the grand total for this year was $4077.91. WOW! That is truly amazing.

Now this is the true spirit of Christmas giving and making so many young children happy on Christmas morning. I know Mrs Grothouse can't thank all of you enough for all that you have done for her over the last few years. This just shows what an awesome Vantage family we have. Thanks again and I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas.