Earth Science students at State College Area High School will hold a fundraiser Wednesday to help offset the expense of field trip transporation and supplies for the TeenShale Network (TSN).
The student-organized fundraiser will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24 at Moe’s Southwest Grill in State College. The restaurant will donate 15 percent of all pre-tax sales to the State College Area High School Chapter of TSN when customers present the students’ advertisement. Customers can bring in a copy of the ad, or show it on their phone or computer.
Now in its fourth academic year, the TSN pairs students from 8th to 11th grade with Penn State researchers to monitor water quality along Black Moshannon Creek.
This year, for the first time, students self-selected working groups. Some are focusing on number crunching and poster design, while other students are managing social media (Twitter @TeenShaleNet16; Instagram – TeenShaleNetwork) and website presence (http://bjs291.wix.com/blackmoteenshale).
Students also created a fundraising subgroup, whose members initiated contact with local merchants, designed a logo, and selected Moe’s to host the event.