Fall not only brings colorful leaves and cooler weather, but this year, it also helped bring in the money for clubs and organizations at Dallastown.
Whether it was Boo-Grams, bake sales, or Trick or Dog Treats, they were all tied to Halloween and fall in some way and all were successful.
Several classrooms came together to hold their first-ever Trick or Dog Treats sale. This was a collaborative project with students from the intermediate, middle, and high school. The students worked hard to plan, shop, bake, package, and deliver the homemade dog treats right in time for halloween.
This included high school students calculating the amount of ingredients needed to fulfill the orders, some even traveling to Giant to shop for the ingredients. Other students drafted professional emails to remind teachers of their orders and payment due.
They worked together to make the Howl-o-ween dog treat sale a success.
“Once we found a recipe, it was easy to gather materials. Thanks to the help of Common Grounds Café, we were able to use their facilities. The sale was far more successful than we anticipated, which required the use of a larger kitchen area than what we have here at the high school,” high school teacher Jenna Knaper said.
Treat bags cost just $2 each and included three treats each.
Students sold almost 1,000 dog treats, equaling about 330 bags. The money they earned will be used for future classroom experiences and possible field trips.
Overall the sale was successful, and the dogs seem to like them too.
“It was really great to hear that all the furry friends really enjoyed them,” Knaper expressed.
Although they were not the only ones who took advantage of the Halloween season, the Class of 2028 did a Boo Grams fundraiser. This was where by paying $1, students could send a Boo Gram to another student.
A Boo Gram included a message and a piece of candy, and they were delivered during the 1st period on Halloween.
According to the freshman class adviser Dr. Wabnik, the Boo Grams were a hit. They made $177 which will go towards the class of 2028 for different class activities, the big one being prom, senior year.
They have more fundraisers in the works but this was a great start.
“I think it was fun for some students because they got to write notes to different people and it wasn’t too expensive,” Camryn Strouse, a 2028 class officer said.
The Creative Writing club held a bake sale on Oct. 31, where they sold things like brownies, cupcakes, pumpkin, chocolate chip and sugar cookies. These baked goods were all Halloween based or fall themed, consisting of orange and purple frosting or punkin flavors.
The goal of this was to make a profit and they certainly did that making $137. However the officers had a bigger goal.
“We hope this bake sale not only increases our funds but also advertises the club! We are very small right now but we are hoping to grow,” Hailey Lau, officer of the Creative Writing club said.
They were not the only ones who held a bake sale Halloween week.BSU (Black Student Union) also had a successful bake sale on Oct. 30. to raise funds.
This year clubs and organizations took advantage of the fall and Halloween season by doing fundraisers, and it was truly spook-tacular.
