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Friends Of Rachel

Friday, March 18, 2011

Friends of Rachel Give Glenwood Students Red Carpet Treatment

H-F High School's Friends of Rachel Club hosted their annual "You Are a Star" event on Monday and invited Glenwood students to partake on the festivities.

Demetrius Thompson, 13, and about 50 of his classmates got the red carpet treatment Monday morning during the H-F High School Friends of Rachel club's "You Are a Star" event. The event mimicked an award show ceremony, and included a showing of the animated feature “Rango,” games and a pizza lunch. "It's actually kind of cool," Demetrius said after he got his picture taken by a “paparazzi” and signed autographs for his adoring “fans.” Thanks to H-F High School’s Friends of Rachel Club, and the Homewood-Flossmoor Rotary, he and his classmates were stars for a day.  "It's is my third year doing (this event)," 17-year-old Friend of Rachel member Emily Johnson said. "It's a good event, they get to come walk the red carpet, and there's paparazzi…

Sunday, December 26, 2010

A Big Award and a New Year of Service for Rachel's Challenge at High School

Students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School love to help others—so much so they were named "School of the Year" this summer by the Rachel's Challenge organization, founded in memory of a girl killed in the Columbine shooting.

Students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School are meeting the challenge–and exceeding expectations—left by a victim of the Columbine shooting. The Friends of Rachel, a volunteer service organization, helped make H-F the Rachel's Challenge "School of the Year" in 2010. The school received the award in June, bestowed upon a group of students who exemplify a giving nature. This school year, the more than 150 students in the organization are seeking to uphold the honor. Rachel Joy Scott was a student at Columbine High School and was the first person killed in the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. Her family started Rachel's Challenge to spread Rachel's desire to spread compassion, kindness and respect. Cathy Frederickson, a special education …

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