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French Club's annual The N Students involved in
trip to Europe was made Spanish Club at Ralston
easier by fund raising. High School do a lot to
"People join French Club be­ promote the learning
cause it is an easy way to earn ^ and use of the Span-
money to go on the trip," Vice
PresidentS taciJuelsaid. French |- ish language and also
Club tried to get the word out ^ to foster intercultural
th at it is a really fun club. This understanding be-
year there were more freshm en
than there have been in the past 1 3 tween all nations. .
few years. The Spanish Club was
This year instead of sponsoring not only active in the high
the Harvest Moon Dance as in school but also around the globe.
years past, French Club held the “We sponsor a boy who lives in an
first French Club Sock Hop. The orphanage, and we also sponsor
club opted to hold the Sock Hop people through the Peace Corps
because they thought it would that work in Guatem ala. We ju st
raise more money. The Sock Hop started that in the past fewyears,”
did not do as well as French The Easter Bundles that Denton Hoy, club sponsor, said.
Club/NHS had hoped though, They sold Mexican greeting cards
only raising 200 pounds of food. we made for French to raise money for orphanages in
They w anted to raise 1,000 Mexico, Honduras and Haiti, and
pounds. Club were a spur-of- organized a school-wide C hrist­
"The goal was to raise more m as Box appeal for poor children
money than we have in the past the moment idea and in Latin America collecting nine
and to collect food for the Food were a huge success!” boxes to be sent.
Bank,” Mrs. Lund said. Foreign language instructor
After Juel's junior year she had Senior Wendy Huntington an d S p a n ish C lub sp o n so r
raised about $700 with three photo by KATHY CRAIG Denton Hoy has been involved
year's worth of work. The trip with the club from the time it was
was 16 days, and it cost around formed about 15 years ago.
$2,200. Eight people went on the BRIAN TIEDE
trip.

Helping with the Spanish Club box project is Senior Debbie Senior Staci Juel prepares Easter
Kottmann. who is packing the food into the boxes for the Bundles for French Club which were
needy children, photo by CHRISTINE GACA delivered during advisement, photo
by KATHY CRAIG