SPHS Students Partner With The Walk The Walk Foundation To Help Local Families In Need

Severna Park High School (SPHS) Leadership Institute students Liam Bast and Angel Santiago-Cruz, along with five others, recently served in Annapolis with the Walk The Walk Foundation (WTWF) through a service project. The foundation is a partner of the annual Bay Bridge Run. This event raises money for their foundation as well as others. Liam and Angel volunteered with WTWF to help prepare and get runners and walkers ready the day before the event.

The seniors chose WTWF because it is a local organization that helps many people in need. Liam and Angel believe in this foundation’s cause, and Liam has been a part of a leadership group that has been partnered with the foundation.

Together they set three goals at the beginning of their project: raise $150 for WTWF, volunteer 10 collective hours as a group, and collect 1,000 diapers to donate to the foundation. As of mid-January, Liam and Angel have exceeded two of those goals. They have raised around $180 and volunteered 27 collective hours. They are still collecting diapers; so far, they have collected around 100. Liam and Angel credit the success of their project to SPHS’ Leadership Institute, which has taught them the skills they need to be successful leaders and how to properly manage their time.