In recognition of our young men in the Mighty Eagle Club, Wallace Gregg Elementary School (WGES) recognizes our male students for their effort to support the community. The advisors and the young men worked to help, Help4Kids Florence. The Mighty Eagle Club young men began asking for help to support their can food drive. They placed flyers throughout the building and raised the stakes to support sponsoring a classroom pizza party. The classes were divided into groups, 5K- 2, 3-4 grades and 5-6 grades. The can food drive ran from January 22 until February 15. Wallace Gregg Elementary made announcements during the morning show and afternoon dismissal as a reminder to the students. The students from various classes, worked hard to bring in the can foods. The students were eager to participate in the competition. One student took the challenge to heart and went out and obtained donations from an area grocery store. This student came in with over 400 cans donated from the local IGA off of Pamplico Highway. Miss James Moore, a current 5th grade student helped her class dominate the can drive for grades 5 and 6. The Might Men were appreciative of her efforts to really support this initiative. The winning classes for K2 was Mrs. Hurst. The winning class for 3-4 was Mrs. Bullock. The winning class for 5-6 was Ms. McElveen, James’ homeroom class. The winning classes were able to choose their designated day for their pizza party. This initiative was an exciting challenge for our students. The Mighty Eagle Club sponsors and members presented the donations to Debbie Watson of Help4Kids Florence. They assisted her with loading the back of her vehicle and she had to have extra help supporting the rest of the donations as it was over 2,000 cans in total during the short drive. Watson was very appreciative of the donations and thanked the young men for their effort to support the community. The Might Eagle Club was also visited by former professional baseball player Orlando Hudson who shared with them his ideas and beliefs on education as well as his thoughts on professional sports. He spoke with the students about being young men and representing yourselves in a good way when you are in public and in private. He encouraged the young men to stay focused and make sure they work hard on their studies and obtain a good education. The Mighty Eagle Club continues to garner public and private sponsors to help them be successful in school and in the community as they become a Mighty Eagle Man. We would like to thank the sponsors of the Mighty Eagle Club for all that they do to support and give our young men positive experiences that they will be able to use now and in the future. These sponsors are Larry Jackson, Henry Watson, Justin Gee, and Charles Willoughby.
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