L.U.C.K. (Legacy Uniting through Caring and Kindness) week starts on Feb. 11 at Double Dave’s and ends on Feb. 19 at Olivia Nolley’s pep rally in the varsity gym. During the week, different clubs will host events and fundraisers to alleviate the hardship of Olivia’s medical expenses.
“I think it’s a wonderful cause,” book club sponsor Mrs. Villarreal said. “The whole school pulling together for a cause like this is amazing, and I think it’s great that each club has their own different way of approaching it.”
On Sunday, Pump it Up closes at 10:00 p.m. but will stay open until 12:00 a.m., charging $10 per person. Out of every $10 made, $4 goes to Olivia. The rest of the week will consist of a Ping Pong tournament at 10 a.m. on Monday, an Open Mic-Night at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Miss LHS at 7 p.m. on Friday.
“I understand it’s a new tradition we’re starting at Legacy,” French teacher Ms. Leach said. “I think it’s a wonderful tradition to start, to be able to help a family in need.”
During the rest of week, the Key Club will host a ring toss at lunches while Ms. Leach’s French class hosts a baguette batting and cheese toss. As they went through many ideas, the class decided hitting a harden baguette with a ball would be the best.
“The classroom was just brain storming and it just got crazier and crazier,” Ms. Leach said. “We just decided that was what we were going to do.”
Everyday after school, the book club will sell books for one dollar and a special prayer will be said for Olivia at in the front by the flag pole at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The attendance office will also sell mardi gras beads for .25 cents to one dollar.
“I think L.U.C.K. week is probably one of the best things I could do,” French student Morgan Leaver said. “I’m a really big supporter of it, because we’re helping this family that pretty much has nothing anymore.”
Ferman • Feb 23, 2010 at 11:08 am
Nice call-out Jackie! Shack should give you a little extra credit. I’ll talk to her for you! Now if we could get all the Legacy students to understand the difference between there, their and they’re… 🙂
Jackie • Feb 18, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Blake – Caring is being used as a noun – in fact, it’s a gerund (Shack, I should get some extra credit for this!). There’s nothing wrong with the grammar.
Blake Burch • Feb 18, 2010 at 12:37 am
I hate to be the terribly irrelevant individual here, but does the acronym L.U.C.K. not bother anyone else? Legacy Uniting through Caring and Kindness. We’re uniting through a verb and a noun. It’s grammatically terrible. I wouldn’t say “We are uniting through caring.” No one in their right mind would. However, I would say “We are uniting through kindness”.
One of the higher-ups needs to make sure the acronym is tweaked for future years. Legacy Uniting through Compassion and Kindness. Heck, you can even come up with some other synonym starting with a C, as long as the word is a noun. If we want to at least represent our school seriously and intellectually, I feel it’s a small, but necessary move.
features1 • Feb 16, 2010 at 3:26 pm
L.U.C.K Week is separate from Make A Wish Foundation and is a completely different charity. Make a Wish already granted Olivia her wish, before L.U.C.K. Week began.