On Feb. 28, students and teachers paused their usual advisory activities to take part in the “Dish Out Kindness” event. Student Government organized the event in an effort to give back to the community, donating the prepared sandwiches to Miami Rescue Mission and the Homestead Soup Kitchen. 

After two years, the Student Government, with the help of Activities Director Celina Sosa, hosted a past tradition that was known upon students to be “a good moment to do something good for the community” according to Sosa. Tables lined the atrium, covered with loaves of bread and jars of jelly and sun butter that were donated by the student body. The initial goal of making 2,000 sandwiches was not only surpassed, but doubled with a final total of 4,500 sandwiches. 

“I wanted this experience to be different — doing something selfless rather than going to an assembly. Something where we worked together as a community,” Sosa said. 

Due to the substantial student and faculty participation, the sandwich-making event will be a school tradition for the years to come according to Sosa. Students were able to immerse themselves in the activity designed to help the less fortunate, and were also given one community service hour for every four items donated. 

“I thought it was super fun how we were all working together and how smoothly things started to go once we got the hang of it. It was also really cool to see how many sandwiches we had made knowing they would benefit our community,” sophomore Balthsar Laemmli explained.