It’s that time of year again. Clubs across campus are serving the community as the holiday season fall upon us. We all know the conventional ways of raising money for charitable purposes. Food drives, toy drives, blanket drives, and all other ways of serving the less fortunate have become staples of clubs’ yearly agenda. But this year one club on campus has broken out of the norm and created a different way of doing something charitable.

The Key Club has set up a staring contest involving a bracket of 16 teachers, in order to raise money and collect cans for the Stockton Food Bank. Students can donate an amount of two cans or $2 after school, today, in the library.

The club has shown that the typical holiday fundraiser can be have an unconventional side to it. By blending something new with the old tradition of bringing in cans or money, it takes a fun and fresh spin on helping charity organizations. It’s also something that both teachers and students can get involved in. While regular can and toy drives can be just as easily done, it can also be harder to get people involved that are not in the club.  With well known teachers getting involved, it can attract people to the club’s cause and make their charity drive all the more successful.

The stare competition has now set a new standard for clubs to raise money in unconventional ways. Maybe not with more stare contests, but with other ways that will make their club stand out, and make their charity drives all the more profitable. And while the old way of getting goods to the needy may never fade out, doing something different can be a fresh alternative.