Many families are in need during the holiday season, and charities are always looking for help.

Senior Kügar Nettell decided to help out Kearsley Christmas Charities thanks to a chance encounter at a volunteer event.

Nettel said that she was working at the National Honor Society Lock-In when a young boy came up to her and told her his family was poor. The boy said that he did not have any other clothes to wear than the ones he had on.

“I looked at his shoes and they were horrible,” Nettell said. “The soles were coming off, and I could see his toes peeking out.”

Nettell decided to do something about it, so she told her friend Emily Roda, a senior in the NHS, all about the young boy and what he had said. Together, they went to Mrs. Colleen Grathoff, NHS adviser.

By talking to Grathoff and the child’s counselor, they discovered that the child’s family was on the list of families in need at Kearsley.

Nettell and Roda announced at the December NHS meeting that the NHS had adopted the boy’s family this Christmas.

The NHS will be having a pop can drive Dec. 10 to raise money for the family. Students are welcome to help by coming to the Media Center after school.

The NHS will also be giving the family clothes, toys, and a gift card to a local grocery store.

Donations are welcome for the family or Kearsley Christmas Charities and can be given to Grathoff in the Career Center.

By adopting a family,  the NHS helps take the strain off of the Kearsley Christmas Charities.

Grathoff is hoping to make adopting a family an annual event for the NHS.

Grathoff said that by adopting the family, the NHS is living up to its three pillars: service, character, and leadership.

With more time to prepare for next year, the NHS can have more fundraisers earlier in the year.

“It’s the right thing to do,” Grathoff said.