April 10, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Another record breaker!
During a three-hour WJLE radiothon Monday morning, April 10 which was also LIVE streamed on the Awakening facebook page, the community rallied in support of the DCHS Class of 2023 with pledges and donations totaling a record breaking $13,390 for the next Project Graduation event which will be held following the graduation ceremonies on Friday, May 12. The fundraiser broke the previous Project Graduation radiothon record of $12,785 set last year.
The radiothon was hosted by DCHS Teacher John Pryor and former high school teacher Chris Vance. Many members of the class took part in the program either on air or from behind the scenes. A special thanks to Jordan Atnip and Daniel Leslie who set up the LIVE facebook streaming broadcast from the WJLE Studios which was telecast on the Awakening facebook page and shared by others.
To add extra fun and excitement, members of the class agreed to take challenges to sing, do pushups, and to gulp down pickled pigs feet and spoonfuls of baby food, dog food, and more.
Students and parents said they could not have been more pleased with the outcome of the radiothon and wish to thank all the local banks and businesses as well as churches, and others in the community for the tremendous support and pledges.
“Project graduation is a night for all of our seniors to get together after graduation in a safe environment to hang out with their friends and celebrate all they have done the last four years,” said Ally Atnip, Secretary of the parent committee. “ We have been meeting along with the seniors about every month and some of our fundraisers we have had this year include strawberry sales, signs you may see on the side of roads or in front of houses, cutlery, wreaths, goodies with Grinch over the Christmas break, and we have a car show coming up Saturday, April 15 at the high school parking lot,” said Atnip.
“For this year’s Project Graduation, the kids will come in between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. after graduation. We will have a lot of fun things for them. We will have food, a 40-foot obstacle course, a 50-foot two lane slide and New Frontiers will come out and set up archery and regular laser tag, nine squares, and life size jenga. It’ll be a great time for the kids to hang out and be together,” said Atnip.