The Hoggard Vikings collect donations for Western North Carolina

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — After seeing the devastation in Western North Carolina from Helene, students and staff at a local high school knew they needed to do something. 

The Hoggard community pitched in and collected donations to be sent west to Zionville in Watauga County. 

The Beta Club was in charge of collecting food, the student council collected hygiene products, and the National Honor Society collected cleaning supplies.  

They also worked together to collect other necessities including blankets and socks.  

John T Hoggard High School thanks Coastal Carrier Moving & Storage Company for donating boxes and rolls of tape to transport supplies.

The students were happy to lend a helping hand. 

“I mean it has been amazing, our clubs like volunteer for the community and like we go out in the community a lot, but we don’t have a lot of things here at Hoggard that we see the impact of. But you can just walk in that trailer and see the boxes out here and it is really amazing to see the impacts that the students have been able to make from our clubs,” Beta Club president, Lexa McCorcle said.  

“So happy and grateful that people were able to come together to team up and do the best for our community,” Beta Club vice president Lilia Hartwick said.  

Some members of the student council have a message; “on behalf of Hoggard’s student council, we are so happy of the contributions that our student body has made. Go Viks!”   

Donations were packed up in boxes Tuesday and they will be loaded on a trailer which will be brought west next week.