Eagles Nest & Wolcott House Foster Child Club Helped Warde Students Provide Service & Give Back to the Community

Two service-oriented clubs which afforded Andrew Warde High School students an opportunity to give back to the community were the Eagles Nest and the Wolcott House Foster Child Club. Both clubs were well-represented and illustrated the concern Warde students had for the less fortunate.

According to the 1976 Flame yearbook, the one organization at Warde which was solely concerned with the charities in the Greater Bridgeport area was the Eagles Nest. Under the leadership of Miss Goggin, the club organized an annual charity drive in December.

The club members made posters which corresponded with the different charities being served. The members also were responsible for collecting money and recording donations.

Concerned Wolcott students (pictured below) who cared about poor and underprivileged children formed the Wolcott House Foster Child Club. Over the course of several years, the club enjoyed much support from both students and teachers.

The club's goal every year was to support a foster child. To accomplish this, the members had to raise enough money every month to send to the child for food and clothing. The campaign for money started at the beginning of every new school year, and the response from the Wolcott students and teachers was tremendous.

The most rewarding aspect of the annual campaign, though, was the happiness of the foster child, who wrote numerous thank you letters to the school.

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