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DECA collects holiday donations BY LAUREN SALCEDO lsalcedo@arlingtontimes.com
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ARLINGTON — The Safeway store in downtown Arlington had a few extra helpers on Saturday, Dec. 1, as the Arlington High School DECA club held its annual winter takeover. AHS DECA members wore blue shirts reading “DECA is my sport” to identify them, but other than that they could have easily passed for any number of Safeway employees. The purpose of the takeover is to expose the students to the experience of working in a retail environment. Each student was assigned to a position within the store and rotated to a new position every 30 minutes so that everyone got a chance to try out the various positions which included customer service,
delicatessen, bakery, grocery bagger, greeter, stocker and more. “Safeway is a national sponsor of DECA and it’s a great asset for students to be able to get in the store and get these skills,” said Tyler Payne, DECA adviser. “It opens their eyes to the retail environment and they get to check out what it’s like to work at Safeway.” Melody Bruns is a freshman at AHS who has only been in the DECA club for a few months. She served as a greeter by the door on Saturday afternoon. “I joined DECA because I heard it’s really fun,” she said. “This Safeway takeover is fun too, because it exposes us to what we might be getting into.” Bruns’ classmate Jacob SEE DECA, PAGE 2
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Arlington High School DECA students Elizabeth Roth, left, and Molly Cary, were “caged” carolers who sang Christmas songs in exchange for donations at the Arlington Safeway takeover on Saturday, Dec. 1.
Food Bank gets help from Post students
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Vol. 124, No. 01
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From left, Post Middle School students John Cook, Ryan Pettit, Ally Peterson, Angel Fernandez, Chloe Jensen and Alexa Andrew present a check for $1,036 to Arlington Community Food Bank volunteer Dori Spear, in back.
ARLINGTON — Post Middle School and the Arlington Community Food Bank have added up the collection totals of the school’s holiday collection drive for the Food Bank, and while the school’s take was impressive, the Food Bank could still use some support for the increased need of the holiday season. In one school week, Post Middle School students and staff members collected 1,534.5 pounds of food and $1,036 in cash for the Arlington
Community Food Bank, with Post Middle School ASB Advisor and Leadership teacher Robin Foster crediting these totals to the Leadership students’ emphasis on the purpose for the collection drive, rather than on the competition to collect. “Students are collecting food and items for people that need it,” Foster said. “They don’t lose sight of this throughout the food drive.” Post Middle School’s participation in this annual food drive goes back at least 25 years, and Foster pointed SEE POST, PAGE 11
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