Hambrick Middle School Raises Funds for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital

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The students at Hambrick Middle School learned a lot about kindness and community service in October. The campus chose to raise money for [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for its [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]”Make a Difference” project.

The Hawks raised more than $1,925.00 for the “Hoop for Health” campaign.

Gerardo López

The campus held several activities to get the students engaged and involved. In one project, the advanced art students had to create a logo for the “Hoop for Health” campaign. The winning logo would be used for the school’s spirit shirt that is worn by students every Friday. The winning design went to eighth grade student Gerardo López.

Students in the digital design class competed to have their certificate selected. Campus administrators would be awarding the winning certificate to the classes that participated. Eighth grader Nina García won with her design.

Teams (classes) also competed in a donation drive. Amanda Lockett’s fifth period “Hawk Squad” team raised $204.00. This earned the team a party on the patio.

Athletic Director Michael Haggerty and Luis Perrett

With the word “hoop” in the campaign, the campus had to include basketball. Each team selected a player to take part in the culminating activity: a 3-point shoot-out competition. Seventh grader Luis Perrett excelled to beat the other competitors.

A total of 22 teams took part in the schoolwide donation drive to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

This year, millions of volunteers across the nation united for Make a Difference Day held Oct. 25. They had one common mission – to improve the lives of others. For more than 20 years, USA WEEKEND Magazine, in collaboration with [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Points of Light, has celebrated Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of community service.

Hambrick Middle School was just one of the Aldine ISD schools that held Make a Difference Day events. This is the district’s 21st year to participate in Make a Difference Day.

Teacher Amanda Lockett (back row, fourth from left) is pictured with her winning team “The Hawk Squad.”