The NHS organizes annual drives and participates in awareness walks to emphasize service, one of the four pillars of the NHS. A building block in this pillar was placed by the most recent annual drive: the toiletry drive.
Claudia Camarillo NHS co-sponsor said, “I always wanted to have something in the restrooms for the students, but I didn’t trust that it would be used properly. I brought up the idea of the toiletry drive to the NHS members at the beginning of the school year—and they all liked it.”
Since the project is local to Jimmy Carter Early College High School students, charitable students can donate toiletries, and students in need can receive them.
“This is the only drive that is for us, the toiletries are going to be available for anyone in school to come and get some if they ever need them,” Camarillo said.
When the food drive was introduced, it was local to the school. It then expanded to other campuses after a phone call requesting leftovers for a student in need.
“Let’s say our social worker gets a call from Ann Richards,” she said. “If they ask for leftovers we have a closet pool of items, we are going to provide for whatever student is in need in our district.”
Camarillo expects the toiletry drive to reach other schools and the community. She plans these drives to exemplify an integral part of her NHS chapters: service toward the community.
“I just want students to recognize the NHS as a group of service, a group that serves our community,” Camarillo said.
