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The Los Altos High School cheerleaders are holding an e-waste recycling event on Saturday, March 3 to raise money so the team can compete in the 2012 USA Spirit National Championships.
The cheerleading team won first place at the USA Regional competition this January, beating two-time national champions Notre Dame High School. The Los Altos team will compete for the national title at Disneyland on March 30.
The fundraiser on March 3 is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Los Altos High School, 201 Almond Avenue, Los Altos. They will collect electronic waste, including TVs, computers, laptops, cell phones, printers, scrap metal, mice, keyboards, microwaves ovens and appliances.
“I’ve seen a huge change in all the girls’ attitudes. This is very important and they’re passionate about it,” says their coach, Nikia Crawley. “Our main focus is fundraising because not everyone can financially pay for such a big trip. My biggest goal is for them to see all their hard work pays off for them. They’re in it to win it.”
The team welcomes monetary donations and corporate sponsorship. For information, contact Crawley at losaltoscheercoach@yahoo.com.
People are supposed to give up money for Cheerleading? Oh, puhleaze…!
If you want your kids to participate in sporting/performance events that involve distant travel, you fund it yourself.
Participating in sports and performance art themselves have great benefit for kids and can teach valuable skills. But you don’t need to compete at higher levels that involve significant travel expense to do that, to provide those benefits. If you *want* to take it to that level, knock yourself out…. on your own dime.
zzzzzzz…
Where is Los Altos High School located? Let the rich people there donate funds.
Wow. You people are bitter and so negative. I guess no one ever taught you if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all. They are just kids trying to fund-raise just like any other school/sport activity. Plus they are doing something good for the environment. Also, half the kids that go to LAHS live in Mountain View and not all of them are rich. I will be bringing over some items. Good luck to the team!
Perfect timing! I have a bunch of stuff to get rid of. Thanks.