Senior class hosts Buffalo Wild Wings fundraiser

The hunger-inducing smell of meat and the idea of raising money for the senior class convinced many students and teachers to attend the Buffalo Wild Wings fundraiser on Jan. 18, making a small dent in the deficit that the class inherited from last year.

According to senior class president Evelyn Lee, the class entered this year in the red after losing money on junior prom. The officers are trying to make up for this by planning more fundraisers.

“One of my main goals for this year was to plan as many fundraisers as we, the officers, could,” Lee said. “So far we’ve been doing very well.”

The funds will mainly go toward lowering the prom bids because senior prom is anticipated to be expensive due to the venue and bus prices. The class made $154.75 from this fundraiser.

“We expect senior prom to be pretty expensive,” Lee said. “We really want everyone to be there for our last dance as an entire class. I hope that seniors understand that when they attend a fundraiser they’re really just helping themselves in the long run.”

Through the use of flyers posted around school, handing out miniature flyers, changing Facebook statuses and creating a Facebook event, the senior class officers publicized the event as much as possible to ensure the success of their event.

“Some officers and I stood outside Buffalo Wild Wings for around an hour each, since they let us hand out flyers to anyone that walked in,” Lee said. “Basically it took a huge group effort, but I think it was worth it.”

Although this was a senior class fundraiser, there were students from all grades and teachers who brought their families.

“It turned out really well. We saw a lot of people from the senior class there,” senior Haley Wong said. “If everyone turned in their flyers then that means we must have had a pretty nice turnout.”

According to Lee, the fundraiser was a success and the seniors plan to have more fundraisers before prom season comes around.

“It was really heart-warming to see that people thought about us in their Friday night plans,” Lee said.