Edited/Continued Voices of Hope

Last Friday Eastview High School hosted its first Sing-A-Thon (Voices of Hope) to raise awareness for cancer (all-types) and give financial support to families dealing with cancer. The funds that have been raised will be given to families to help cover the everyday costs of living with cancer and will hopefully ease a monetary burden. The event invited personal donations from students and faculty as well as private donations from organizations.

Some classes competed to raise the most money, while some teachers challenged their students that if they brought in x amount of money they would match the donation with money from their own pockets.

The idea for the sing-a-thon originated in a woman's chorale class back in the fall. These girls have worked tirelessly to arrange a list of performers, engage media attention and spread the word about the event around the school. They thought of everything down to the last detail including t-shirts, concessions with labels proudly bearing the voices of hope logo, napkins, and bulletins. 

On the day of, teachers were encouraged to clear their schedules and invite their students to enjoy the singing acts in the Performing Arts Center. Happily, many teachers migrated their classes to the PAC and the Choir Department found that almost every seat was filled, almost every period.

By the end of the school day students were sitting in the aisles and squeezed into the back to hear the music, knowing that behind the beautiful singing some good was being done for patients living with cancer and the burdens that come along with the disease.

All types of singing acts were welcomed to the sing-a-thon including Eastview High-school’s own Dr. Peterson (Principal) and office associates performing their rendition of "Mamma Mia!", choirs from the world language departments, woman's chorale, select small student groups, student soloists, acoustic guitar, Eastview faculty, Eastview Alumni. The array of genres were as diverse as those singing; ranging from acopella, opera, and chorale tunes to rock, pop and Japanese children’s music. All in all, it was a great turn out and very well put together and planned out.