The first WWF took place in 2001 in response to a Deer Creek High School teacher who died of cancer. The name WWF came from the World Wrestling Federation, which was the first year’s theme. Since 2001, DCHS has continued to raise money annually for worthy charities like Cavett Kids Foundation and Ally’s House. During WWF students have purchased shirts, attended assemblies, and participated in evening events like a dodge ball tournament and a black light dance. During WWF 2010, students raised $55,000 for the Spero Project, a year-old charity that aids refugees in Oklahoma City. This money jump-started their organization, allowing them to expand and continue their services. WWF 2011 is scheduled for March 2-9, 2011.
Student Council has selected the charity Give a Goat to be the WWF 2011 beneficiary. Give a Goat promotes and raises funds for livelihood projects in the Philippines, which help the poorest of the poor (mostly children) rise from poverty and malnutrition. To do this, Give a Goat supplies a poverty-stricken family in the Philippines with a free pregnant goat, which provides them with multiple streams of sustainable income. One goat gives everything from milk to fertilizer to marketable goods. In about three years one goat multiplies to over twenty, giving that family everything they need to thrive.
I invite you to give the gift of a free pregnant goat to a family in need. It only takes $50 to give a poor family a starter goat. $100 will provide a high-quality female goat. And $250 gives a high-grade breeding goat that will lift whole communities out of poverty. (Traditionally, a local charity has been selected as the WWF recipient. This is the first year we have chosen a global charity, but it is based out of Oklahoma City.)
Our goal this year for WWF 2011 is $75,000 which is a $20,000 jump from last year. To make this goal, we will need help from people like you. Any donation amount you make is very much appreciated. Thank you for your time, and I hope you will consider donating. All donations are tax-deductible, and since Give a Goat is a registered 401(3)c charity, you will receive a receipt.
**Please make checks payable to DCHS Student Council (Memo: WWF 2011) and mail them to Deer Creek High School, attn: Student Council, 6101 NW 206th, Edmond, OK 73012 by February 26, 2011. Make sure an address appears on the check, so a receipt can be mailed to you.**
