The Communities that Care Youth Leadership Group at Hutchinson High School is working on several volunteer projects in December to help the community.
Saturday, the youth are working with CTC for the annual JavaWalk fundraiser from 9 a-m to 11 a-m,. at 10 downtown Hutchinson venues. JavaWalk has been moved to a Saturday morning from Third Thursday.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Each location will have samples of coffees, chai teas, cocoas and ciders as well as treats. Children will get decorations at each location to assemble their own gingerbread man.
Advanced tickets can be purchased from any Pic-Quik, Apron Strings, Bluebird Books, Metro Coffee or Yarn. Ticket also will be available at JavaWalk locations Saturday morning.
A second project pairs the CTC youth and several elementary schools to collect basic items for a local care shelter.
The CTC group started the drive and enlisted help from the elementary schools after hearing a presentation from the Sexual Assault Domestic Violence Center and about the center’s need for basic living supplies.
Boxes will be at HHS, Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen, Graber and Wiley through Dec. 19. Each school is setting its own parameters for the drive. At HMS at Allen, for example, the students have a goal of collecting 200 items, including toilet paper, paper towels and nonperishable food items.
CTC Youth also will collect money at Hutchinson Middle School – 8 each day next week for the Christmas Gifts for Teens Program. Students are asked to bring pennies on Monday, nickels on Tuesday, dimes on Wednesday, quarters on Thursday and dollars on Friday.
Money raised will be used to purchase gifts for teens who are away from their families at Christmas.