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Entertainment

Harvest Drive

Ariyanna Stanley and Jordyn Taylor

December 13, 2024

Anabella Hernandez, Seraphina Wagner, and Emma Keffer load bags full of goods into a families trunk.

Last year, more than two hundred and ten thousand people in Broward County – including almost eighty thousand children – didn’t have enough food to eat – let alone enough for a Thanksgiving Feast. SBHS students intend to change that – even if it’s just a few local families. This year SBHS was chosen as the feeder school. Over two-thousand students attend SBHS but it comes down to one club to take charge.

With over two thousand students there are plenty who can donate – but to get the word out, collect, and distribute, it all comes down to one club – Student Government Association (SGA).

SBHS Junior Jea’cier Leon has been a part of SGA for two years. Last year Leon was the second vice president, but this year he was elected president. Leon explains how the harvest drive can be a lot of work but it’s all worth it in the end.

“I actually love Harvest Drive. It’s the most cherished event here at South Broward,” Leon said.

The progress behind the Harvest Drive can be very tedious but Leon handled everything well. One way he was able to increase donations was by emailing different schools and organizations for donations and volunteers also coming up with the idea to enforce every school club to donate seventy-five items. For example, if they asked the Literacy Club for gravy packets, they would have to donate seventy-five of them. The way they persuaded them to donate is by telling them they wouldn’t get their club cord at their graduation. Some clubs didn’t agree with the new rule but they wanted to help out as many families as they could, so they agreed and collected the items.

“Instead of feeding one-hundred and eighty families let’s bump it up to two-hundred and fifty, I want to make it into an event that people in the community can actually come out and enjoy and put forth their hand to help,” Leon said.

Kylie Cerra is the SGA sponsor, and her job is to oversee the Harvest Drive distribution. Cerra and Leon work together to set up everything for the Harvest Drive. For example, they work on the item list together. From year to year the list doesn’t change much but this year they asked more people to donate hygiene products. Like, deodorant, detergent, toothbrushes, and shampoo. This year the Shark Club donated the most items and the person who donated the most was Swim Coach Ana Onet. She didn’t collect for a specific club or sport she did it all on her own.

Leon was very grateful. “She donated a lot of hygiene products which I know the families will appreciate,” said Leon.

This year SGA fed 180 families the same as last year, Leon wants to bump that up to 250 next year.

“I want to make it an event that people in the community can actually come out and enjoy and put forth their hand to help” Leon said.

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About the Contributors

Ariyanna Stanley, Editor

Ariyanna Stanley is a 14-year-old Freshman at South Broward High School. She was born and raised in North Miami but moved to Dania Beach around four to five years old. She loves to cheer and writing. Her favorite movie series are Twilight and Harry Potter. She has three sisters and four brothers. She loves to spend money and stay in her own personal space binge watching movies. “I want to travel a lot when I get older. I want to go on a world round adventure just exploring new things and eating random foods” she said. Stanley loves to hang out with friends and family, but also likes her alone time too. “I like to go out with my family because they’ll probably buy me stuff, and I just have random days when I want to be outside,” said Stanley. But writing is what comes easiest to her. “I can write about whatever I want and it's just for me,” said Stanley.

Lucia Cantillano, Photographer

Lucia Cantillano is a 17-year-old senior at South Broward High School who is a high-spirited and keen strategist when it comes to wrestling, which is something she has done since her freshman year. ‘’I have learned more than just the ability to throw people to the ground in wrestling. It has taught me that it does not matter about how you get put down but that it is about how one gets back up,” said Cantillano. She grew up in Hollywood, Florida in a Nicaraguan household her entire life and did not move around a lot. Every time she goes on vacation outside of Florida, she enjoys it. ‘’Going on vacation outside of Florida is one of the best feelings to be able to see something that I am not able to in Florida, sort of like an escape from reality,” said Cantillano. Cantillano has always loved South Broward, the people, the teachers, and especially the events. As a senior, Cantillano wants to enjoy all the fun activities as much as she can during her last year at South Broward High before heading off to college.