JHS Makes Battle Of The Classes Donation To MHA
Jamestown High School student council members present a check for $6,936.57 to Steven Cobb of the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County. The council chose MHA as this year’s beneficiary of Battle of the Classes. Submitted photos
The Jamestown High School Battle of the Classes returned to McElrath Gymnasium on Thursday night for the first time since 2019.
Pcitured are JHS students at the Battle of the Classes.
Jamestown High School student council members present a check for $6,936.57 to Steven Cobb of the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County. The council chose MHA as this year’s beneficiary of Battle of the Classes. Submitted photos
The Jamestown High School Battle of the Classes returned to McElrath Gymnasium on Thursday night for the first time since 2019.
Pcitured are JHS students at the Battle of the Classes.
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Jamestown High School students raised $6,936.57 for the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County as part of the 2023 Battle of the Classes held Thursday evening at the McElrath Gymnasium at JHS.
Accepting the donation from members of the high school student government was Steven Cobb, MHA executive director.
"We are grateful to JHS for this donation," said Cobb, who noted that proceeds will help benefit the MHA's "Code Blue Warming Center" established earlier this year. "This expansion into homeless/shelter services has created new areas of need the MHA is working to directly address in our community."
Cobb said the donation from JHS students will help to make physical updates to the association's Gateway Center space to provide shower, laundry, and technology services to those in need across the community.
"We are now supporting our community neighbors with substance and mental health challenges in more ways than we ever had," Cobb added. "Any chance we get to discuss the MHA and the work we do reduces the stigma and fear that often envelop our healing recovery work. The deep civic mindedness of the students at JHS is helping us to address and diminish this considerable obstacle to wellness in our city."
Thursday evening marked the event's return to McElrath Gymnasium for the first time since 2019 following two years of an outside competition at Strider Field. The Class of 2024 was declared the winner, raising $4,125.24 and also placing first in the skills competition. The Senior Class of 2023 raised $1,259.88, the Freshman Class of 2026 raised $885.68, and the Sophomore Class of 2025 raised $666.07.