Sweet Flowers For A Sweet Cause

Be my Valentine, it’s carnation time! Here at St. Paul the students send out carnations to their friends, teachers or their crushes. “It a great way to get spirit up!” says Mrs. Walcheski. The cheerleaders are the ones who had to get all the special notes that come with them and tie them onto the flowers. “It was a fun way to spend time with my fellow cheerleaders,” said Aubrey Fash. “It was really easy, even though lots of people bought them this year.’’ said Hailey Robles-Homes, cheerleading captain. The carnations cost two dollars for one flower. Many of the teachers sent their students carnations in case they don’t get any, and might feel left out. Not to mention just to be nice. One class got 109 carnations! “That’s the most we’ve had in years!” exclaimed, Ex-Cheerleading Coach, Mrs. Walcheski. Even though this year, there were 816 carnations sold, it only took an hour and a half to deliver flowers; they had planned that it would take three!  Most of these funds go to the new cheerleading uniforms and nationals’ travel expenses.  The money is really for the varsity cheerleaders, but if the junior varsity needs the money they can have some of it. The money we raised this year was 1,200 dollars!

By: Audrey and Haley