Maple School's Student Council Donates Hundreds Of Holiday Gifts

NORTHBROOK, IL — For nearly 30 years, the student council at Maple School has been collecting toys as part of its annual holiday toy drive. The Learning Stairs were stacked with hundreds of holidays gifts Thursday, destined for Youth Services of Glenview and Northbrook.

"Thank you so much to Maple School and the Student Council with co-sponsors Lynn Reimer and Iris Zhang," Youth Services team member Lisa Hanneman said in a news release. "The Youth Services Holiday Gift program serves more than 630 local children to ensure their holiday wishes and winter essentials are provided. We do this with donor and community support. We so appreciate the generosity of the whole District 30 community."

The Youth Services team of five individuals helped students, teachers, and administrators carry and load the gifts into their cars for transport. They included Lisa Hanneman, Amy O’Leary, Michelle Brody, Erin Miller, and Jennifer Fitch, according to the news release.

Superintendent Dr. Brian Wegley, Maple School Principal Samuel Kurtz, and Assistant Principal Betty Holzkopf also worked with the students packing the toys into six cars. The kids were thanked for their dedication to this important activity, and for demonstrating kindness and citizenship.

Student Council members include President Arianna Park, Vice President Oscar Lee, Secretary Helena Yang, Fund Chair, Hannah Zhu, Assistant Fund Chair, Jackson Chen, Social Chair Dana Morgan, and Assistant Social Chair, Emma Karp.

Maple students received five raffle tickets for every dollar spent buying toys. Raffle winners will be drawn on Dec. 15 at the student council meeting.