The Future is Mine Helps Those in Need ~ Rebekah Shoaf and Alaina DeLuca

LCCTC’s club The Future Is Mine (TFiM) hosted a competition. Normally competitions are about those that win, but this time the competition helped those in need. Each Vocational Shop for each week was challenged to donate hygiene products for some of Lawrence County’s local shelters. 

The students truly stepped up with over 400 products being collected from the fourteen shops starting from the beginning of November until the first week of December. Some of the items included soaps, shampoos, conditioners, toothbrushes, toothpaste, washcloths, and other essentials. The winning class was rewarded with a pizza party - Enjoy Cosmetology Week A students! The runners up - Health Assistance Week A and Vet Tech Week A - were rewarded with a donut breakfast.

All of the donated items were sorted into boxes and delivered to New Castle City Rescue Mission and The Crisis Shelter on Friday, December 15. Happy to help with the final leg of this competition were Alaina DeLuca, Haileigh Hawk, Alyssa Graham, Angel Kaszowski, Ethan Masajada, and Rebekah Shoaf.

Having the experience of seeing how grateful the workers were that the community cared enough to donate that many items really felt uplifting to the six of us that attended the trip.

“At first, I thought this would just be another simple service project,” states Alaina DeLuca, Cosmetology senior. “However, I realized that everything that I have at my fingertips everyday is harder for some people to get and not have to worry about.”

“This was a very heartfelt project for me because my favorite thing to do is help other people, it’s a bonus that I’m getting to help people in my community” states Rebekah Shoaf, Cosmetology Senior.

TFiM club realized that they and the LCCTC community impacted lives, which is more rewarding than any slice of pizza. TFiM would like to thank all those who participated in the drive and made the difference. As the Holiday season begins, we at LCCTC take pride in that we try to spread the spirit of giving in as many ways as possible!