By Sarah Holbrook
FFHS NHS Member
The National Honor Society chapter in Fort Fairfield commemorates students who excel in the pillars of Character, Scholarship, Leadership, and Service and allows these students inspire others to do the same. This year, 11 students have been accepted into NHS including Saki Iwaya, a foreign exchange student from Japan, who received honorary membership.
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Members of the National Honor Society from Fort Fairfield High School are, in front from left, Danielle Tracy, Amanda Hotham, Brooke Beaulieu, Aleesha Campbell, Saki Iwaya, Sarah Holbrook and Ashley Parady. Back row, Katherine Donovan, Joshua Wortman, Corresponding Secretary Alyssa Murchison, Treasurer Kacie York, Vice President Samantha Lewis, President Kaitlyn Kinsey, Secretary Elizabeth Day, Ashley Johnston and Lindsey Graves.
A major part of being in NHS is working together towards a common cause. One way this is accomplished is by providing service to the community. The year, the FFMHS NHS Chapter took over the responsibility of organizing Fall Fun Fest for the youth of Fort Fairfield on Oct. 30, 2010. Over 100 youth paraded in costume to the Community Center for an afternoon of games, music, prizes, face painting, and pumpkin painting. The event was made possible due to the support solicited by NHS members, local businesses, the PTO, the Chamber of Commerce, the K of C, other local service organizations, and numerous volunteers.
In addition, in order to raise money for Saki’s home country, the Fort Fairfield NHS chapter has set up and done several fundraisers including the “Potatoes for Japan” booth at the Agricultural Trade Fair in Presque Isle where the NHS members sold potatoes toward the disaster relief fund for Japan, and they are also planning on holding a carwash.
The NHS chapter in Fort Fairfield has influenced its members and the community by showing that even in a small community, you can still affect someone half-way across the world if you keep your goals intact and work together.
