Impact Club: Making a difference
By Whitney Yount, Organizations Editor //
In December 2013, Christen Cothran, a current High Point University junior, founded Impact Club, a Christian service organization. According to Cothran, the club “seeks to meet the needs of the local community through service,” including annual seasonal events and regular volunteer events.
The organization currently has about 60 active members, and many more students receive emails and occasionally participate in Impact Club activities. Recently, the club has committed to working toward reducing hunger in the High Point area. Last month, the organization’s members worked with the local Rotary Club and Backpack Beginnings, a group that provides healthy and filling food to schoolchildren to eat over the weekend, to pack over 1,000 bags of food for children in High Point.
Impact Club is extremely dedicated to local causes, and in addition to participating in large one-time events like creating student food packs, the club’s members volunteer every Saturday with Youth Network, a local nonprofit that helps to give children and teenagers self-confidence and motivation throughout their years in school. The members of Impact Club also participate in seasonal events, like Operation Christmas Child.
“We choose events based on where we believe we can have the most impact,” Cothran said. “With prayer and discussion among the officers, we look for the most meaningful work that will have the most beneficial effect on our school and the High Point community.”
The club meets about every two weeks, although the meetings vary in time and place. For more information about club meetings and initiatives, contact Cothran at cothrc12@highpoint.edu.