By Taylor Coretti – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s SAVE Promise Club is excited to return for the upcoming school year.

The SAVE Promise Club is a club at Jonathan Law that brings awareness to violence in schools and mental health. An event that has started off the school year was “Start with Hello” week. 

“We just had a really successful “Start with Hello” week here at Law where the club had a bunch of great activities going on all week,” SAVE Promise Club Advisor Ms. Healy said. “We had name tags passed out on Monday to encourage people to say hi to someone new, flyers were put around school for people to pull tabs from to take what they needed (peace, confidence, joy, etc.), and we had a visit from Milford PD’s therapy dog Winston, and hot cocoa in the morning for students just to name a few.” 

Senior President Natalia Gagliardi has many goals for the club this year including the attendance and participation throughout the club meetings and events.

“A main goal for SAVE Promise Club this year is to get our meeting attendance higher,” Gagliardi said. “This is a goal of ours because the more people we have in our club, the more people that are helping to make an impact on our community.” 

The officers have many plans for the future of the club to get people involved and to spread awareness throughout the school and community. 

“We all work together with Ms. Healy to come up with Start with Hello Week, National Safe Schools Week, Say Something Week, and other important events we promote for SAVE,” Senior Vice President of Operations Ella Franzman said. 

Sophomore Vice President of Operations Sarah McCann was selected to join the National Youth Advisory Board with SAVE Promise, one of nine in the country.

“I originally heard about the National Youth Advisory Board from a friend in the club who told me I should apply,” McCann said. “I decided I would because I am super passionate about gun violence prevention and mental health.”

Sophomore Club member Melissa Servas is looking forward to being in the club this year.

“This year I am most looking forward to planning new events to get people in school involved,” Servas said. “I am excited to help educate people on how to identify warning signs so that our schools can be filled with more people who know the importance of mental health.”