Every year towards the end of November, the yearbook staff does cookie dough, butter braids, and pizza sales to raise money so that we can buy new camera lenses and cameras. It is made into a competition to see who can make the most sales by the end of the sale date. This year everyone is looking towards selling cookie dough. Sophomore Abby Hovenga said, “I like getting to sell things because I get to see how happy some of the teachers are to get their cookie dough, and we get better cameras and make our yearbook better than last year.”

Students get to choose what teachers that they want to ask and see if they would want to buy from them. Some teachers say no, but there are way more teachers that say yes. Freshman Grace Chapman said, “My favorite part of the competition is the day in class, where everyone is hoping that they get the teachers that they want.”

Another thing about selling these items is seeing all the different things that people are going to choose. A lot of people like to choose cookie dough, but there are a few who will pick pizza or butter braids. There are many things for people to choose from and everyone is happy in the end and that is all that matters. Sophomore Sophia Cottrell said, “ I enjoy the part of being able to buy new and better equipment for the yearbook, but I also like that it’s not just giving money and that the people that donate get food in return.”

This fundraiser is a good way to give people many options to choose from and get as many items as they want, but it is also for people to get something in return instead of only giving them the option to donate. But even if they can not buy any items, donating gives them another way to help support the fundraiser in any way they can. Junior Halen Mottram said, “My way of helping is by buying the triple chocolate cookie dough because it makes me happy, because it is the best out of all of my options to choose from.”

The cookie dough fundraiser ends Dec. 3. See a yearbook staff member for more information.