By Aryan Sikhinam – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s Key Club has started its annual Salvation Army fundraiser. Key Club is one of the largest clubs at Jonathan Law with students actively participating weekly. Key Club is run by Co-Presidents Hanna Keating and Caroline Doyle and Vice President Maya Rosado. Mr. Boynton advises the club and helps run and organize it. Key Club meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the cafe. Staff Reporter Aryan Sikhinam interviewed Vice President Maya Rosado about Key Club’s fundraising for the Salvation Army. 

Aryan Sikhinam: How do you fundraise for the Salvation Army?

Maya Rosado: For Salvation Army, we are given shifts on Friday and Saturday where we sit outside stop and shop and ring a bell asking for donations. We always make good money at the end of the day because people are very generous. 

AS: When and where does Key Club fundraise?

MR: Key Club fundraises in many different ways depending on the cause. We do a cookie dough fundraiser that gains a lot of profit for the club but we also do others like the Pura Vida bracelet sale that goes to Camp Sunshine. We generally do these fundraisers at our meetings and are given a few weeks to gain profit. 

AS: Where does the money go?

MR: The money can benefit our club by lessening the cost of DECON (a trip we attend in Massachusetts) which is great. It also may go to other charity organizations that we choose to support. 

AS: How much money have you raised so far? 

MR: We raised about $1,680 for Salvation Army. For the cookie dough, we raised about $1,200.

AS: What other events is Key Club involved in?

MR: We are involved with the Governors Project which is an International Key Club project. This fundraiser is for Camp Sunshine which helps kids that have life-threatening illnesses have a fun experience for a few weeks.