The 10th year of Howell High School’s popular Senior Survivor fundraiser raised a whopping $78,000 for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention Southeast Michigan Chapter. That’s 30 percent more than their goal, which was $60,000.
This brings the total raised by the program for various charities to $244,558.
Each day the Senior Survivors raised funds during the day and competed in reward and immunity challenges at night. At the each of the school days, the two Senior Survivors who raised the least amount of money that day were eliminated from the competition and sent home. The student who raised the most money during the week — Aiden Pressel (Team First-Aid) — was named the winner of Senior Survivor.
This year’s Howell High School Senior Survivors were Cara Betz (Team Betz), Becca Bishop (Team Chewbecca), Garrett Breault (Team G-Money), Kelsey Cook (Team K-Cook), Chelsea Farley (Team Chelsea), James Griffin (Team Old Man Griff), Madi Lim (Team Maki), Jacob Lothamer (Team Loth), Robert Lys (Team Lysterine), Carleigh O’Doherty (Team O’Doherty), Aiden Pressel (Team First-Aid), Logan Russo (Team Log), Alyssa Snider (Team Snider), and Parker Woodin (Team P-Woody).
Over the past 10 years, the students of Howell High School have raised an amazing $184,558 for various charities.
In 2008, students raised $5,000 for the Mackenzie Watts Scholarship Fund. In 2009, they raised $8,535 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In 2010, $7,488 was raised for the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. In 2011, students collected $5,759 for The Connection Youth Services. In 2012, $13,375 was raised for ARC of Livingston. In 2013, $20,229 was split between the Zac Cain Foundation and the National Alliance on Mental Illness. In 2014, students collected $27,000 for The Rainbow Connection. In 2015 $41, 215 was raised for the Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan; and in 2016, $56,000 raised for Stiggy’s Dogs.
