LHHS JWAC sponsors Maria Viera-Williams (left) and Emily Ramirez receive the Most Active JWAC Award.
The Junior World Affairs Council is completing its first year on the Lake Highlands High School campus, but already the student group is earning honors. The organization was named Most Active JWAC chapter in Dallas-Fort Worth at a year-end celebration Wednesday night.
LHHS placed first out of 75 area high schools after welcoming speakers on topics such as the legacy of the Holocaust, global sustainability, human rights and migrants and refugees. In December, the group hosted a shoe drive benefiting vulnerable children at the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid and encouraged online donations to the Roma Foundation, which provides rain boots for needy children all over the world.
Congratulations, LHHS JWAC!
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Blogger CAROL TOLER and her husband, Toby, are the parents of four LHHS graduates. She has an MBA from SMU and is the proud recipient of the Exchange Club of LH's Unsung Hero Award and Councilman McGough's Blake Anderson Public Service Award. She received LHHS PTA's Extended Service Award, FMJH PTA's Charger Award and a Life Membership from the LHFC PTA. She has moderated candidate debates for Dallas Mayor, Dallas City Council and RISD Trustee races and taught seminars on garnering publicity for nonprofits. She completed training with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Inside RISD, and she's a sustaining member of LH Women's League. She has served on the boards of After8 to Educate, Dallas Free Press, Healing Hands Ministries and Camp Sweeney and chaired fundraisers for multiple Dallas nonprofits. Email ctoler@advocatemag.com.
