While some students stayed in to watch Sunday Night Football, Business Professionals of America took time out of their night to give back to the Flint Hills Breadbasket as they caroled for cans.

“Our service project was just donating some of our proceeds from the school store [last year],” BPA President Emma Devane said. “This year, we wanted to do something that was, like, more meaningful and the fall is our less busy time for BPA because our state [competition] is in February and we kind of wanted to get everything done in the fall so we didn’t have to worry about it and being stressed and really time consumed.”

After meeting in sponsor Paige McCarthy’s classroom, eleven students filled cars and drove to various teachers’ houses.

“The kids had so much fun,” McCarthy said. “Anytime I can see that, I mean, I just think it was a success because they enjoyed it, and Emma was enthusiastic about it, and then that just trickled down to everyone else.”

After collecting around 50 cans from faculty and teachers, the carolers met back in McCarthy’s room for hot chocolate and cookies.

“BPA is just a lot of different people who wouldn’t normally hang out together and then when we’re all put together, it’s really fun and you get to know each other really well overall,” Devane said. “So, Christmas caroling was kind of the perfect activity for us just to make more of a warm atmosphere to get to know people.”