By: Anna Skidmore and Courtney Ho

UNICEF, a fairly new club atWestboroughHigh School, focuses on raising awareness around school community about UNICEF.  UNICEF is an international organization that helps children who suffer from factors such as malnutrition, unsafe water, and other conditions.  These are issues that kids in Westborough are not exposed to. 

President, Melissa Zhang, started this club about a year ago and says, “I feel really happy to have a lot of people that are really supportive of our club.  I think it’s really important to continue fundraising and letting people know about UNICEF.  Every since I learned about it I feel like I should get involved because other children don’t have the privilege like we do.

Upcoming events include a tap water project that will take place during the month of March.  This project consists of asking different restaurants for their support.  Restaurants encourage customers to pay $1 for water instead of receiving it with no cost. This money will be used to help out certain areas to have clean tap water.

Overseen by English teacher Ms. Roney, any student is welcome to join the UNICEF Club.  Meetings are held once every other week in Ms. Roney’s classroom.