CHILD CARE CLUB STUDENTS HOLD FUNDRAISERS TO BENEFIT ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO CHILDREN

Students in the Iowa Lakes Community College Child Care Club are busy raising money this fall to benefit three causes.

Club members started the year with an emphasis on awareness and prevention as part of Breast Cancer Awareness month in October.

Students are selling pink bracelets for $2 each. Bracelets are available from any Child Care Club student. Also, club members placed a large pink ribbon in the Emmetsburg Cafeteria. Students are encouraged to place the names of survivors and others affected by breast cancer directly on the ribbon.

Additionally, Child Care Club members are making a display with information about breast cancer which will be in the case by the Emmetsburg Campus Business Office.

And, students in the club purchased T-shirts to show that they support the cause. Students will wear the shirts each Wednesday in October.

Like many students at the college, Child Care Club members couldn’t help but notice the suffering after Hurricane Katrina. Members stepped into action by taking donations toward books for children affected by the hurricane.

Each 50-cent donation will buy one book. Individuals who donate $1, buy two books and receive a set of Mardi Gras-type beads. And, those giving a donation may write a personal note to a child on a bookmark. Books will be ordered and delivered by the First Book company.

Coming soon will be a fund raiser for the Child Care Club to help pay for conferences and field trips to enhance the students’ education about early childhood education. Students will take orders for the World’s Finest Chocolates, offering a variety of chocolates and decorative novelty items. Orders are expected to arrive prior to Thanksgiving.