Beck Student Council Gives Back
The Beck Junior High School student council recently celebrated the end of another year of giving back to others. Students and their families were very generous in their contributions and in volunteering their time and talents.
Over the past year, BJHS students participated in the following community service projects:
• Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center blood drive, with 17 total products donated by students
• Ronald McDonald House of Houston, with 33,986 can tabs collected by students
• Katy Christian Ministries food drive, with 515 items donated by students
• Texas wildfire relief, with two carloads of items and $200 worth of gift cards donated to the Katy Fire Department by students
• Katy Christian Ministries Santa’s Sleigh program, with $4,713.50 collected by students for Christmas gifts for 20 children ($1,646.19 of the remaining amount was mailed to KCM)
• Hummingbird Ministry Christmas Shoppe (where residents of the women’s shelter can purchase Christmas gifts at very discounted prices for one another), with students donating several shopping bags and boxes
• Custodian Christmas ham and fruit baskets, with students providing six baskets
• Supplies for Soldiers (items shipped to Mr. Weber’s son, Matthew Weber, in Afghanistan), with students collecting items to fill six large computer paper boxes, including $70 contributed for postage
• Valentine Candy Grams, with 2,138 sold
• Project Linus blankets, with students making 71 blankets
• Katy ISD Book Drive, with students donating 145 books
• Two books donated to the BJH Library on behalf of a Beck family and a staff member
Pictured are members of the Beck Junior High School student council and BJHS Principal Jeffrey Stocks
