Bucktail HS Environmental Club holds holiday fundraiser
by Christopher Miller
RENOVO, PA – The Environmental Club at Bucktail High School has been very active in the local community these past several years.
“We do so many programs in the community keeping our students active,” said Bucktail teacher and Club Advisor Joshua Day. “We’ve participated in fish stocking, tree planting, trash pickup, and local fundraisers so we can continue learning and cleaning up our local environment.”
The club has done it all, including planting over 1,000 pine trees on a 20-acre burn site off of route 144.
“Angela Poleto, the new Recreation Forester, helps with setting up the tree plantings and outings for our volunteer hours and she really wants to get us out in the woods to do some trail maintenance, so she has things for us to do, we just need to be able to pay and fundraise to get our club out there to do it,” Joshua said.
The most recent fundraiser that the club is putting on is for the holiday season.
“We are selling potted plants, wreaths, window and door swag, and 12″ clay pots with holiday greens,” Joshua said. “This is through Helminak’s Christmas Greenery Fundraiser and all money is due to us by this Friday, November 3 with delivery and distribution a month later on December 6.”
With every sale, the club keeps a portion to put into the bank account to be able to get out in the community and learn about conservation and the environment.
“Recreation is huge in western Clinton County,” Joshua said, “anything our club does is a huge benefit to our community and the area.”
Of the students that are currently in the club, about 50% of them are involved in other extra curriculars. Depending on the day, 15-40 students in the school are involved in the club throughout grades 9-12.
“We are so happy and grateful for anything we receive when we fundraise,” Joshua said.
If you are interested in ordering please reach out to Joshua Day directly at JDAY@KCSD.US or JSTROUSE2@KCSD.US.
What is available:
4.5″ Potted Plants (red, pink, or candy cane) $8
6.5″ Potted Plants (red, white, pink, or candy cane) $10
Wreaths – plain $18
Wreaths – with bow (red, burgundy, or plaid) $25
Swag – window, $10
Swag – door, $10
12″ clay pot with greens, plain, $22
12″ clay pot with greens, bow and decor (red, burgundy, or plaid), $27
