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Kids these days just want to give back - Columbian

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 10:38 AM PST

By Greg Jayne
Columbian Sports Editor

Sunday, February 6, 2011

The news of the day wasn't really the news.

Because as Skyview distance runner Priscilla Timmons gathered about 70 friends and family Friday to announce her choice of a college — the University of Toledo — she also represented what seems to be a growing trend among high school students.

Sure, we hear about trends among high school students all the time. Usually it involves sexting or drugs or some abhorrent behavior, and the shortsighted assumption is that such behavior applies to all teenagers if a couple of them are engaging in it.

But for Timmons and others, the trend is community service. It's raising money for worthy causes and recognizing that the world doesn't revolve around a running track or a basketball court.

In Timmons' case, she is organizing the Ms. Skyview 5K Fun Run/Walk, to be held March 6 on the Salmon Creek Trail. The goal is to raise $3,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Timmons and 13 other Skyview students — a total of seven girls and seven boys — are raising money for Make-A-Wish in a quest to be named Mr./Ms. Skyview. The program, which echoes similar ones at other local high schools, is expected to raise about $30,000.

"I just thought it's the thing I know the most about, and I know the running community," Timmons said of organizing a fun run.

But as far as charitable works go, Timmons is just the tip of the iceberg.

On Friday, the Camas girls basketball squad held its annual Hoops For Pink night, designed to raise awareness and money in the fight against breast cancer. Last year's event brought in about $8,000, and co-organizer Karen Williams hopes for a similar amount this year.

Players sell T-shirts and baked goods and go door-to-door seeking donations and support for the cause.

"This makes us feel so good that we can contribute to our community this way and make it something fun and something that's a celebration," Melissa Williams, a senior on the team and Karen's daughter, said Saturday. "Last night was a great night."

At Prairie, the girls basketball team also holds an annual breast cancer awareness night. In the past two years, the Falcons have been involved in providing meals to needy families, have "adopted" a cancer-stricken child, and have provided shoes for children in Africa.

"It was awhile into my career at Prairie," coach Al Aldridge said. "It took awhile to find the time to do some community service. Like everything, it's gotten contagious.

"We just decided, I decided, we needed to make time. Our kids, they jump at the opportunity, they see the benefit. They're very eager to do that stuff. I see real joy in their faces; they're feeling the spirit of it."

In that regard, it seems, teenagers really are different than they were many years ago. The world has grown smaller and more connected, and younger generations have embraced that change.

Ron Heidenreich, a teacher and Timmons' coach at Skyview, said: "I think they're a lot more concerned about what's going on and helping people. … The kids are a lot more community oriented."

And that's some news that's worth talking about.

Greg Jayne is Sports editor for The Columbian. He can be reached at 360-735-4531, or by e-mail at greg.jayne@columbian.com. To read his blog, go to columbian.com/weblogs/GregJayne

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