RUMFORD — What will get teenagers out of bed for a 6 a.m. pep rally? A sense of community pride and a friendly competition between area schools provided the motivation as alarm clocks went off on Sept. 12.
WGME chose Mountain Valley High School to participate in the School Spirit Challenge with a kick-off rally live on CBS 13 News and FOX23 on Good Day Maine.
According to the news station’s website, “The school spirit challenge is a friendly competition between schools to show school pride and spirit, all while helping the community. The program is designed to promote the community and good stewardship with students of high schools in Central and Southern Maine through an ongoing food drive to benefit the Good Shepherd Food-Bank.”
The purpose of the challenge was to raise the most pounds of food between Sept. 12 and Oct. 31. Monetary donations were also accepted.
During the first few days of school, the student council met and developed a few ideas for raising food and money. The ideas included a competition between grade levels and raffles at various sporting events. One dollar for each ticket sold at football games went into the fund.
MVHS competed against high schools in Gorham, Scarborough, Brunswick, Bonny Eagle in Standish, Spruce Mountain in Jay, ?Edward Little in Auburn, Sanford ?and Gray-New Gloucester.
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- The WGME School Spirit Challenge has Mountain Valley High School students and alumni working to raise money for the Good Shepherd Food-Bank. They hosted a bottle drive before recent soccer and football games. Sophomore Ashley Russell, junior J.T. Greene, alumna Ellie Hall, sophomore Nick Newman, alumna Abbey Pinkham, senior Caleb Gauvin and freshman Ian Brennick raked leaves and took time to pose for a photo.
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- During the WGME School Spirit Challenge, the Rumford Firefighters challenged local fire and police departments to donate $100 to the Good Shepherd Food-Bank. Not to be outdone, the Rumford Police Department raised $101. Football captains Dalton Milledge, Caleb Gauvin and Ian Austin showed their appreciation by lifting both Rumford Police Sgt. Tracey Higley and the $101 check.
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- Monty Moose, the Oxford Federal Credit Union mascot, presented a large check to the Captains’ Club at Mountain Valley High School as part of the WGME School Spirit Challenge. The check for $500 will go to the Good Shepherd Food-Bank and equals 2,500 pounds of food.
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