Volunteering is students' first step into greater world
Despite being a little bit shy, 10-year-old Megan Walsh found herself taking charge.
She’s one of 16 fifth-graders chosen by their homeroom teachers at Chauncey H. Duker School in McHenry to make up the leadership club. For the club’s latest fundraiser, Megan was the security guard.
“I got to watch people do things [to make sure] they are doing it correctly and they’re not giving less money or anything like that,” she said.
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