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VIDEO: Valley Seniors Show Support for Grieving Freshman Class
As Valley Southwoods students coped with the death of a classmate last week, members of the senior class stepped in to show the younger students they care.
Valley Southwoods students were rocked last week by the suicide of a classmate, so seniors at Valley responded by reaching out to the younger teens.
According to social media chatter, every Valley Southwoods locker was decorated with a message of support and caring. The outreach followed the death of Carson Vandeventer.
YouTube videos show the hopeful, handmade signs taped onto lockers.
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According to the Des Moines Register, visitation for Vandeventer will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 23, at Waveland Hall in Plymouth Congregational Church on 42nd and Ingersoll in Des Moines. There will be a Celebration of Life Ceremony at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in the sanctuary of Plymouth, the obituary said.
He will be buried during a private committal on Wednesday, April 25, at Jordan Cemetery on Fuller Road in West Des Moines.
A scholarship will be set up in the family name. In lieu of flowers the family requests checks be sent to Dollars For Scholars C/O Cindy Todd 4928 Cherrywood Place, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265.
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