Tia Adam – 12
After the start of the NHS bread tab collection, the NHS president, Morgan Riegel, came up with the idea to start a new event that could help a lot of people and help high schoolers and teachers get rid of stuff for a purpose rather than for the trash. So, they started a coat drive.
Morgan originally got the idea when she went to New York City and handed out bags full of necessities to those in need, and since then, she has been inspired to in some way give back like that. She had also had some influence from posts that she saw online as well. The clothes went to Hope Rescue Mission for women, men, and children. Her goal was ultimately to “help warm this winter and genuinely just make this time easier for those people.”
Mrs. Bucheit, the advisor of NHS, had never specifically done a clothing drive, so this was the first for her. In previous years NHS had done book drives and pet food drives under Mrs. Bucheit. When Mrs. Cinciola ran NHS, her students organized a clothing drive on a single day for people to simply drop off clothes. She does feel that a clothing drive is one of the simplest and best drives one could do, as just about everybody has clothes sitting around in their closet ready to be donated; the only issue is that sorting takes time. She and her husband, Mr. Bucheit, donated five bags full of clothes, along with buying multiple packs of new underwear.
Overall, the NHS clothing drive was a big success as they collected 22 bags full of clothes. The drive started right before Christmas and ended on February 4.
