Students at St. Joseph Scollard Hall Catholic Secondary School were ‘Hooping It Up’ on Friday, March 4th, to help students with special needs and raise money and awareness for their Best Buddies club.
‘Hooping It Up’ with Best Buddies Canada is a basketball free-throw competition and awareness event. For a $2 entry fee, each participant attempts to sink as many free-throws as possible in one-minute.
It was their second year running it.
"We raised $782.00. We were very pleased," explained teacher Jennifer Palangio.
"It's important to know that young people with disabilities and mainstream student really respect each other at St. Joes Scollard Hall.
"It's really an inclusive school and I'm very proud of our mainstream students and the way they form friendships and assist students with exceptionalities and accept them and befriend them. It's such a wonderful school."
