This past Saturday, Notre Dame’s Champions for Life club broke a fundraising record at its 8th annual “Wash for Life” car wash event held at a Shell station in Rochester Hills.
Despite a rain shower that caused a quick change of schedule, 40 NDP students washed nearly 80 cars and raised a record $1,077 for Birth Choice Pregnancy Resource Center and Mary's Mantle.
"We should be proud that with the help of these funds, those two organizations can help mothers in need and encourage them to keep their babies,” said CFL club president Madeline Allard, a junior at Notre Dame.
The NDP Champions for Life club, which has more than 75 members and is helmed by Allard, senior Emily Hampel, junior John Greene and sophomore Alaina Black, coordinates events that help promote dignity for the elderly, the marginalized, the disabled and the unborn.
“We have excited and dynamic club officers and enthusiastic members who have many plans this school year to promote and protect human life in all its marvelous stages,” said NDP teacher Mary Jane Williams, who moderates the club at Notre Dame.
Williams, her husband, and parents and friends Ann Marie Allard, JoAnn Brinser, Jerry Hendler and David Allard also were on hand Saturday to help organize the event.
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