(Whitewater Unites Lives submission) Whitewater Middle School Builders Club students and the Whitewater High School Key Club students are WUL Hometown Heroes “For providing a service to the community by raking leaves at the school, Lima Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, several residents’ yards, Whitewater Congregational Church, Culver’s, Whitewater Islamic Center, and Rollie Cooper’s farm.”
Both the Builders Club and the Key Club are a part of the Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club family.
Benjamin Holzem, Associate Principal of Whitewater Middle School, who organized the event said, “Builders Club provides our students with the opportunity of getting out into our community and serving others. We are finding that it promotes leadership and good citizenship among our students. From that perspective this program is absolutely invaluable. It also provides our community with the opportunity of witnessing the efforts of the great students we have at Whitewater Middle School. We are genuinely proud of them and their efforts. Forty students, including 31 from the Middle School and 9 from the High School worked hard.”
Other projects planned for the group include: they are working the Kiwanis Poinsettia pick-up at the Middle School on November 24, the Humane Society of Jefferson County on projects TBD (likely a rabbit habitat), painting a mural at Washington Elementary, participating in future Spaghetti Dinners and Kiwanis Pancake Breakfasts, and working with Circle K (the UW-W Kiwanis Club) on cards for residents at Fairhaven. The students will likely come up with other ideas as they go along.
Following are names of some of the students involved:
| 2020 Rake & Run Attendance Document | |
| Friday , November 6th (7:30AM-4:00PM) | |
| Student Name | Grade |
| Alexa Arrendondo | 6 |
| Josalyn Selby | 6 |
| Brianna Valdez | 6 |
| Abigale McGarey | 6 |
| Payton Peacock | 6 |
| Pamela LeQuire | 6 |
| Emily Zeferino-Hernandez | 6 |
| Rachel Breiseth | 7 |
| Elora Wildermuth-Breitzman–WWUSD Student attending virtually | 7 |
| Emmanuel Cansino-Pena | 7 |
| Peyton Clark | 7 |
| Lucy Davis | 7 |
| Mya Graves-Koran | 7 |
| Ava Hensen | 7 |
| Jackson Repinski | 7 |
| Daniela Valadez | 7 |
| Lilly Huebanks | 7 |
| Willow Vogelsang | 8 |
| Alexia Virgo | 8 |
| Odette Romero-Bustos | 8 |
| Maritza Vidales | 8 |
| Estefany Reyes | 8 |
| Ariadna Gonzalez Cervantes | 8 |
| Aimee Servin | 8 |
| Jackie Franco | 8 |
| Isabel Aranda | 8 |
| Kaden Thorne–WWUSD Virtual Student | 9 |
| Rayne Caughlin–WHS F2F Student | 9 |
| Xander Jochims–WWUSD Virtual Student | 9 |
WUL (Whitewater Unites Lives) is a locally-focused civil and human rights group that works to connect the people in our community and to create opportunities for all people to learn and support each other in our common humanity.
Anyone who would like to nominate a local hero of any age should send their nomination, with a short description, to whitewaterunites@gmail.com
