This year, the boosters gathered moe than 25,000 pounds of goods (used clothing, shoes, bedding, etc.) for the Epilepsy Foundation of New England, generating $5,000 for the WHS Music Department’s journey to Music in the Parks in Williamsburg, Virginia later this spring.
Organizer of this effort, Ashley Breton, said that the response to the drive was “overwhelming.”
She said that “folks came from all over York County” to donate.
“Thank you to everyone who donated and volunteered their time to collect bags and load the trucks,” saidBreton. “Also, thank you to Prime Storage in Wells for the use of a storage unit. This has been such a success and it will now become an annual event. So start saving those clothes for next year in February.”
Last year’s drive gathered 10 tons of used textiles raising $4,000 for the Winter Guard Team at WHS.
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