Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Partying wholeheartedly

Ice cubes, basketballs, T-shirts and hockey have one thing in common: they were all present at the recent FHS fundraiser. Freedom’s National Honors Society (NHS) chapter sponsored a heart carnival to support the American Heart Association. NHS held a heart carnival featuring different carnival games with witty heart tie-ins. The carnival was held during AAP in the gymnasium on Valentine’s Day. Committee Chair of the winter service project, Junior Gigi DeWeese was the leading organizer of this fundraiser. “The main goal [was] to make everyone aware of how big of an impact different cardiovascular diseases can have on such a large percentage of people,” DeWeese said. “I want everyone to become aware of this in a fun way, but at the same time help others.” NHS is still selling red T-shirts sporting the message “Rock the Beat” for the American Heart Association, in which all the proceeds benefit the association. The T-shirts were on sale for $10 and guaranteed entrance to the carnival along with 10 tickets to put into a raffle for the grand prize of one free prom ticket or a gift card equivalent. “My goal was to raise at least $500 because that can buy a pacemaker, which could save someone’s life,” DeWeese said. NHS raised a total of $594 upon the conclusion of the heart carnival, but can still continue to raise money pending T-shirt sales. Besides the T-shirts, NHS also sold heart necklaces for $1 that also guaranteed entrance to the carnival and one ticket put into the raffle for the prom ticket or gift card. Shot to the Heart was but one of the carnival games present at the heart carnival, in which participants must aim for hearts within the net. Follow your Heart was another game which featured blind basketball shooting and teamwork. Less physical games included Archer’s Affection and Count the Candy Hearts. How Warm Is Your Heart was another original game that was simply an ice cube melting competition. Prizes for those winners of the carnival games included one extra ticket that could be put into the drawing for the prom ticket or gift card equivalent. With prom tickets costing approximately $70 per person, students were eager to participate for the chance to win a free ticket. Senior Noah Marks won the raffle and chose to win a free prom ticket.