By Cassandra Soda – Staff Reporter

Law’s Keyettes Club recently held a fundraiser where they asked students to donate a dollar and guess how many Skittles were in a jar to benefit Brady’s Smile.

The person who had the closest guess could either win the jar of Skittles or a $10 Dunkin’ Donuts gift card.

“The purpose of the fundraiser is to raise money for the Brady’s Smile organization, which helps kids who are suffering from illnesses,” junior secretary Priya Gupta said.

The Keyettes raised money for two purposes: donating to Brady’s Smile and making fleece blankets for children.

“We wanted to hold the guessing contest, because the proceeds will go to purchasing fleece material to make blankets for children who are in the hospital fighting back cancer,” senior president Deepika Senthilnathan said.

This fundraiser was a very important part of the Keyettes Club and will help many children who need it.

“It is important to do this fundraiser because the blankets can give sick children and their families a sense of comfort while they are spending time in the hospital,” Keyettes advisor Ms. Wilcock said.

Fundraising is a main purpose of the Keyettes Club. The club has also done service projects such as the fall blood drive for the Red Cross.

“Fundraising is an important part of Keyettes because everything that we do is to further benefit the community in some way,” junior secretary Ally Voytek said.

Fundraisers like the one for Brady’s Smile can impacts people’s lives in ways some may not realize.

“This fundraiser is important because those who donate are making a huge impact on kids who are struggling with illness and disability,” junior vice president Brianna Lenotti said. “It is important to keep these kids happy and healthy.”

The fundraiser also raised enough money for the fleece blankets. The club will be able to make many blankets to comfort children.  

“Just a dollar from each person that participated allowed us to buy enough fabric to make about 12 blankets, ” Wilcock said. “That’s going to make 12 little ones who may be really struggling with their health very happy and very cosy.”

The first place winner of the contest was Colleen Goodwin winning the Dunkin’ Donuts gift card with a guess of 3,784 and history teacher Mr. Zuraw came in second place and won the jar of Skittles. The jar actually had 4,135 Skittles.

The club will be making the blankets in one of their meetings after winter break and will give them to Brady’s Smile who will then give them to the children in hospitals in the area.  

In past years, the club has made bags of gifts that they gave to the children but they decided to go back to the original idea of making blankets.