The Barbara Standish Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution announces the student selected as the Hoopeston Area High School DAR Good Citizen for year
HOOPESTON â Normally, the Hoopeston Education Association, which represents the districtâs teachers and support staff, spends its dues sending members to conferences and other national and state-level union events.
Because of the pandemic, those conferences didnât happen this year, so the union decided to use those funds to find a way to help both its members and the community.
âBecause of those reduced expenditures, we had some extra money, and we arenât a business,â President Dylan Swank said. âWe take in money so we can spend it. And we didnât have a good way of spending that money on association events, conferences, other direct association-related activities. So, given that this year has hit a lot of our members really hard and has hit a lot of local businesses really hard, we knew that we wanted to be able to give back some of the extra money.â
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Daniel Bass now serves as director of the TEDxWabashCollege organization at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind.
Bass said the organization started in 2015 as a small group but has steadily grown over the years.
He said the group is globally licensed through TED which allows them to host various events from around the country and work with people around the world.
Through the program Bass said he was able to train with TED organizers from six different continents over the summer.
Bass started off his time with the group as a volunteer during his freshman year at Wabash College.
Bass had been heavily involved with the FFA during his time at Hoopeston Area High School and was looking for something to dedicate his time to at Wabash College.