This year, one of Poly’s own on-campus clubs, “One Big Deed” is setting out to conquer not just one but several big deeds. In order to show their compassion towards the Poly community and to take advantage of an opportunity to help, the “One Big Deed” club plans to raise enough money through fundraising, donations, etc. to be able to pay for deserving seniors’ final high school year events. These will include cap and gown payments, grad night tickets, yearbooks, and prom. “We reach out to seniors who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford all these things in their senior year,” said president of the “One Big Deed” club, Destin Bigsby. School counselors will recommend which of their seniors are eligible and in need of the financial assistance the club will offer. This way, many students will be able to fully enjoy their senior year with less of a financial burden on themselves and their families. Once recommended by their counselor, the recipients are asked to write an essay as a form, or an “application”. “One Big Deed” will be notify tthese respective seniors later on this year. The club doesn’t aim to assist seniors at Poly exclusively; “One Big Deed” reaches out to all the other schools in the Long Beach District. “Last year we chose seniors from all over the Long Beach community,” said Bigsby. “One Big Deed” is hoping to take it even further this year by fundraising much more through busniesses to be able to pay for even more seniors this year, in addition to going around our local areas asking for donations.” “One Big Deed” is making rapid progress, and accomplishing not just one but many big good deeds to be able to give students in Long Beach a memorable senior year experience.
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