South Milwaukee students are involved in many different charity events, sponsoring fundraisers, collecting items for less fortunate individuals and many other positive community events.  This page will feature a few of the many positive ways that South Milwaukee Students Give Back!

Winter Drives

Several schools are holding winter drives for various causes.  The Rawson Elementary School Leadership Group is collecting new hats and socks from December 1st - December 22nd -- feel free to drop off any of your new extras at Rawson.  Blakewood students are collecting new toys to donate to Toys for Tots.  Please drop off new toys at Blakewood to be included in this good cause!

Fall Food and Holiday Drives

Different schools held food drives this fall to help support local food banks such as Human Concerns. Blakewood, Luther and Rawson participated in food drives.  Lakeview alone collected over 1,000 items for the Salvation Army!  The middle school houses adopted families through Human Concerns to buy toys, clothing and food for area families in need.  Groups of staff members also adopt families through Human Concerns.  Thank you to our generous staff, students and families!

Veterans' Day 2011

High School students raised money to support the Stars & Stripes Honor Flight program.  The program flies WWII veterans to Washington DC for the day to see the war memorials and Arlington Park.  The students raised over $2,700.  An assembly was held on November 11 to honor our veterans and was attended by students, staff and area veterans.

Toys For Tots

In November 2011 South Milwaukee High School participated in a challenge by FM 106 to see which high school could collect the most donations for Toys for Tots.  The winner would receive a concert with Scotty McCreery, a recent American Idol winner.  Unfortunately the high school did not win but we were part of collecting over 9700 toys to donate to the Toys for Tots charity!

Hats On Day

On October 26 students particpated in Hats On Day.  Hats On Day was created by a group of students to support their friend with childhood cancer. For $1, a student gets to wear a hat to school for the day.  All funds raised go to the Foundation for Children with Cancer.  All six schools participated in the fundraiser, resulting in over $1,400 in donations to the foundation!

Go Pink Day

South Milwaukee students went pink on October 11 to raise breast cancer awareness.  In the process they helped the community raise over $7100 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.  Big thanks to the high school advanced marketing students for helping design, sell and distribute over 1,000 Go Pink t-shirts!

Blood Drive

South Milwaukee high school students participate in several blood drives every year.  The student organization HOSA sponsors the blood drive which takes place at our high school.  Students over 18 and staff members are encouraged to give blood during the day.  This is a great way to give back to the greater community!