{"id":3256,"date":"2017-12-19T21:04:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T21:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:32:05","slug":"liberty-honors-service-to-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/liberty-honors-service-to-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty honors service to community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A giant check for $6,100 highlighted Liberty High School\u2019s Community Service Awards assembly, honoring six students who went above and beyond to help others.<\/p>

Liberty Hawks football player Kaleb Roth started an initiative two years ago entitled \u201cBeyond The Game,\u201d which raises $10 for every point the Hawks football team scored to donate to Valley Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>

The Hawks scored 463 points this season, but Roth was able to raise $6,100 to bring his two-year contribution to Valley Children\u2019s Hospital to more than $10,000.<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s really cool to give more than we scored,\u201d Roth said. \u201cI thought the $10 per point was pretty lofty as it is. Just to reach the original goal and go beyond that was awesome. Just to reach the goal was great, too.\u201d<\/p>

In addition to raising money from every football game, Roth got help from Madera and Madera South high schools, who raised money for the project at The Stadium Road Showdown for Roth\u2019s cause.<\/p>

\u201cIt was super encouraging to have other schools take part,\u201d Roth said. \u201cI always thought this was a great idea. To have schools reinforce that by being a part of that is super encouraging. It was a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>

Roth sent out a lot of emails and texts to try to get donations. He also went to many businesses, and had people come to him.<\/p>

\u201cI had to be pretty active to get the word out,\u201d Roth said.<\/p>

Liberty\u2019s donation will go into the patient help fund at Valley Children\u2019s Hospital, which helps families of patients at VCH.<\/p>

\u201cA diagnosis can be very devastating to a family,\u201d said Jessica Duarte, Development Lead of External Development in the foundation department of Valley Children\u2019s Hospital. \u201cThere are bills they can\u2019t afford because they can\u2019t be at work. It allows the family put in requests to the fund. A committee reviews those request and pays directly to the company to pay the bill. It helps families because they are able to focus on their child.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cBeing the spokesperson for that is very humbling,\u201d Roth said.<\/p>

Roth helped his cause as much as possible. He rushed for more than 1,600 yards this season and rushed for 24 touchdowns, accounting for 144 points.<\/p>

\u201cIt makes it super personal and super fun,\u201d Roth said.<\/p>

Duarte said Roth\u2019s donation is one of the biggest ones from a high school.<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly special,\u201d Duarte said. \u201cWe have a lot of high schools do a lot of incredible things. Outside of Kid\u2019s Day, it\u2019s one of the largest donations we have gone from any high school.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI had a lot of people who were extremely generous,\u201d Roth said. \u201cThe Boundarants were extremely generous. They sponsored almost all of our home games, which was a huge donation. A family friend, Phil Fulbright was generous and sponsored quite a bit. The Caetanos and Calverts sponsored a game. Nameplate and Legal Action are businesses that sponsored a game.\u201d<\/p>

In addition to Roth, Dani Hutchinson and Brittany Anderson of the Liberty Future Farmer\u2019s of America club was honored for gathering donations of pet food and supplies for victims of the Northern California wildfires.<\/p>

Dustin Thompson, commissioner of community service for Liberty was honored for the canned food drive. Sarah Folsom, of Key Club and Associated Student Body president, was honored for gathering socks during Socktober.<\/p>

Another student honored was Kaleigh Hunt, who collected school supplies for children affected by the fires in Sonoma County.<\/p>

Hunt helped collect backpacks to more than 100 elementary school children in Rosalind.<\/p>

\u201cI was surprised from the community,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cI was thinking maybe collecting about 100 items. But I got way more than I expected. I was just overwhelmed with happiness and compassion that other people wanted to help. It was amazing.\u201d<\/p>

Hunt, who has family in the area, said she was thinking of a way to help the victims and her idea turned into two vans full of school supplies for students that lost their high school in the fire.<\/p>

\u201cIt felt so good to just help people,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cI just saw the gratefulness in the students\u2019 eyes. They needed them. Seeing the school gone made me thing about what would happen if this school was gone. I really take it for granted sometimes and tragedy brings it together. This tragedy brought us to them, but also connected the school.\u201d<\/p>

Hunt, who also got the help from the school\u2019s Key Club, said she was surprised by how she was able to collect the donations.<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how you get a group of people and if you will work together to achieve a goal, you will,\u201d she said. \u201cI way overachieved the goal that I had.\u201d<\/p>

Hunt got help from Pizza Factory and the Ranchos Market where she had collection boxes. She also talked to Webster Elementary School and received donations.<\/p>

\u201cWe got more donations from the school, but the fact that they let us have those boxes in their community was amazing,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cI hope it will inspire other people that have a simple idea to go for it.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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