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FRESNO, Calif, (KSEE/KGPE) - Central Valley precocious schoolhouse students showcased their last probe projects astatine Fresno City College connected Monday, focusing connected solutions to a wellness contented circumstantial to their community.
"Tackling wellness opportunities done awareness," said Sanger Unified Senior Haylee Monroy.
Through the Central Valley Health Youth Corps, 14 precocious schoolhouse teams showcased their last probe projects, which they person been moving connected since September.
"A batch of the teams really started to ore connected things that successful their assemblage that they wanted to spot changed," said Alma Mckenry, Senior Director of Health Services, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools.
The Sanger Unified students recognized the request for humor drives.
"One of the coolest things we learned is that by partnering with the Central California Blood Center, we recovered retired that each the Central Valley donations enactment present successful the Central Valley, truthful they don't get shipped out. Unlike different humor drives," Monroy added.
The students said that earlier the pandemic, astir 15 radical would donate humor astatine their schoolhouse events. Now, they person anyplace from 40 oregon much people.
"The information that we tin person this quality successful our assemblage conscionable makes maine happy," said Sanger Unified senior Nick Madrigal.
At specified a young age, these students are tackling analyzable issues similar nutrient insecurity and creating coagulated solutions.
"It feels awesome. I consciousness a consciousness of pridefulness and of joy," said Sanger West senior Steven Sanchez-Barrera.
At Sanger West, this squad started a nutrient slope for students and their families.
"In 2021, erstwhile we initiated, we began a preliminary probe task wherever we recovered that 1 successful 10 students really experienced nutrient insecurity wrong our community," Sanchez-Barrera explained.
Since then, they person raised much than $34,000 and provided much than 2,000 nutrient items.
While this is their last task showcase, a batch of these programs that the students person started volition transportation connected adjacent aft they graduate.
"It decidedly helps maine career-wise, conscionable successful presumption of similar uncovering my ain dependable and idiosyncratic individuality and helping others," Monroy added.
