By Lawson Bowman, Shield Editor
NRCA’s National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) and National Honor Society (NHS) joined together to give back to Asheville Christian Academy, which was one of the many schools affected by Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina.
Each honor society member was assigned an ACA student, ranging from middle to high school, to send a card or letter and other items as the Lord led. Some students included items such as gift cards, school supplies, and candy.
Not only were the gifts a blessing for the students of Asheville Christian Academy, but also the members of NJHS and NHS completed a group service project for the year.
Sarah Vance, president of NHS, said, “I hope that the project was able to provide some supplies for ACA students who needed to replace all the school items they had lost and that NRCA and ACA will have a closer connection in the future through our members reaching out to the ACA students.” Some NRCA students included their contact information with their package so that the ACA student receiving it could contact them if they would like.
In October, the leadership teams of the NJHS and NHS met to discuss the idea and told their members that the packages were due before the start of Christmas break so that the students of ACA could have the gifts by Christmas Day.
Camryn Dysart, vice president of NJHS discussed how the NJHS members responded to the project laid in front of them. “Everyone was super responsive, super helpful. And everyone was willing to do it,” she said.
Students sent photos of the packages to NRCA’s Academic Advising Director, Susan Etheridge, who coordinates NHS and NJHS at the academy. Vance said, “Based on the pictures of what people shipped to ACA, our NHS members were eager to give generously to the students and included helpful notes to them.”
NRCA is blessed to share resources with ACA students impacted by historic flooding in the Asheville-Swannanoa area.
The goal for this project was to support these students individually, reminding them that God is there for them.
If NRCA families would like to know more about Asheville Christian Academy’s recovery efforts and how you can help, the school’s disaster relief updates are available on the ACA website.
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