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| U-W Co-chairs Vucetic and Phung |
The annual renewal of the charitable spirit at Northern Secondary School is just amazing. In 2013 the school broke its own stellar record by collecting $43,200 for the United Way. This breaks last year’s record of $34,000. It is a wonderful example of how each new generation of students will accept the challenge of those who have gone before. Lori Moulton is the staff advisor for the school’s United Way committee. With student co-chairs Andrea Vucetic and Natalie Phung on the job, the team inspired some 300 members of the Northern enrollment to raise pledges in the CN Tower stair climb. That was 50 more participants than last year. The result was a big increase in donations — some $9,000 more. Of course there was much work done elsewhere as teachers and student ran a talent show and collected pledges for dares and all sorts of academic (and non-academic) challenges. Never one to refuse a dare, Principal Ron Felsen dressed in a cat costume for the cause. Northern has an active chapter of the Helping Hands Foundation led by Claire Chen. This 85-member group also went to work for the United Way. Photo NSS
