SGA Visits Ronald McDonald House After Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser Our students have been so driven this year to help the families at the Ronald McDonald House. They came up with an idea to host a spaghetti dinner with all of the proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald House! They were able to raise $500. Our students recently visited the Ronald McDonald House to present them … [Read more...]
Drive Shack’s Drive 4 Change Campaign
Drive Shack has partnered with the First Tee of Central Florida and 2nd Swing to bring in the Drive 4 Change campaign. Beginning on Earth Day, April 22, your used golf clubs can be donated to benefit the First Tee. In return for donating your golf clubs, you can earn free BayPlay and more from Drive Shack. Dan Kirby, popularly known as Danno, is the General Manager of Drive … [Read more...]
Today is About the Earth, But it All Starts at Home
The human race is just one species of an estimated 8.7 million species. It’s a complex group of people that can think on complex levels compared to other species. With that ability to think, comes a large responsibility to preserve, to protect, but simply put, to act. That number alone may be difficult to visualize. First, consider the different types of trees just within … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: Earth Day
Each year, Earth Day, April 22, is celebrated and commemorated as the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The height of counterculture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” War raged in Vietnam, and students nationwide overwhelmingly opposed it. At … [Read more...]
Earth Day 2018
Staying inside on Earth Day? There are plenty of outdoor activities for you to enjoy this Earth Day. You can visit the Orlando Wetlands Park, celebrate Earth Day Work Day on your lunch break, and attend Central Florida Earth Day at Lake Eola Park. But what if you’d rather enjoy the great indoors this Earth Day? Here are 6 ways to celebrate Earth Day indoors: Switch your … [Read more...]