Community Caroling on the streets of Kennett has become an annual tradition and continues to bring delight to both the strolling carolers and the town’s people. How many years has this been going on in Kennett—at least 20. Started by Dennis Melton and Leon Spencer, soon after, joined by Joan Holliday on guitar, it feels […]
KENNETT SQUAREâEvery fall, Kennett High Schoolâs Humanitarian Club holds a food drive to benefit the Kennett Area Community Service (KACS) food cupboard. This year, due to the economic impact of COVID-19, the need for donations was significantly greater. For that reason, club members chose to step up their efforts.
Lisa Teixeira, Humanitarian Club advisor, said, âIn recognition of all of the community support that the KHS Humanitarians and Mini-THON committee have received over the years, the club leadership decided to focus all of their activities during our first semester on helping the KSQ community.â
Motivated by the generous spirit of the local community, then, Humanitarian Club co-presidents Emma Henderson, Gavin Maxwell, and Grace Pruitt, along with food drive chairs Carly Cicconi, Julia Dahms, and McKenna Norton, developed a strategy that involved several different fundraisers. The creativity, dedication, and passion behind their ideas resulted in a cont