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School
club honors victims of drunken driving accidents
By CHRIS BROWN / Journal
Staff Writer
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Members of the A.W.E.S.O.M.E. club plant tulips for the
victims of drunken driving in front of
Shepherdstown Middle School on Tuesday
afternoon.
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SHEPHERDSTOWN — Middle-schoolers
gathered outside of Shepherdstown Middle School on
Tuesday afternoon to honor victims of drunken driving.
Members of Shepherdstown Middle School’s A.W.E.S.O.M.E.
club — which stands for Alcohol Won’t Ever Spoil Our
Memorable Events — honored those who were injured or
killed by drunken drivers in 2004, by planting tulip
bulbs in front of the school. The Tulips One Voice event
was sponsored by the Jefferson County FOCUS Coalition
and Shepherdstown Middle School.
The club planted 21 red tulip bulbs for those injured by
drunken drivers and three white tulips for those killed
by drunken drivers.
The A.W.E.S.O.M.E. Club, which meets every Tuesday at 3
p.m. at the middle school, is a community service and
educational organization that teaches students what the
correct choices are and the consequences of making the
wrong decisions. According to club sponsor and mentor
Tracey Wygal, who teaches choir and music at the school,
the Tulips One Voice event was started last year, and is
intended to point out the most tragic consequences of
alcohol abuse.
Wygal said there are 20 to 25 students in the club, with
a mix of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders
represented.
The club also recently hosted Red Ribbon week as part of
national Drug Free Week. Wygal said that A.W.E.S.O.M.E.
is involved in other community activities, such as
picking up trash along area roadways.
The club was also involved in the school’s Spirit Week,
which included such activities as “twin day” and “sock
it to drugs day,” during which the students wore “crazy
socks,” according to Wygal.
— Staff writer Chris Brown can be reached at 725-6581,
or at
cbrown@journal-news.net
Section:
News Posted: 11/2/2006 |
