Renaissance High School is lending a helping hand to Flint.
“It makes me proud to see my school give to those who aren't able to give back to us.
Renaissance is more than what we seem,” said junior Tiaunna Bradley.
Flint has been declared a federal emergency due to lead contamination in the water. According to FOX 2 Detroit, the water is not drinkable and it is inadequate to bathe in, leaving many families without the necessities needed for living.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been criticized for not responding quickly enough to the water crisis so people nationwide have taken it into their own hands to help the families in Flint. Many organizations and schools have donated water to families in Flint.
“When I heard what was going on I immediately wanted to know what I could do to help
because I have family up there,” said sophomore Jaidah Hill.
The Renaissance staff and student body sprung into action and began thinking of ways to
help out. They came up with an idea to have students bring in cases of water through Feb. 5.
“ I brought in three cases myself,” said freshman Will Jones.
The students worked to gather more than 100 cases of water.
But one teacher at Renaissance doesn’t think it’s a good idea to donate water because it's a waste of resources.
“I think this a bad idea because it’s wasting resources,” biology teacher Ms. Williams said. “Plastic bottles use a lot of petroleum, resources take a long time to decompose. A better solution is to donate money to correct the problem in the water treatment plant/pipes.”
Flint is accepting monetary donations from the public too.
“I mean if it’s going to cost so many billions of dollars to repair the piping and infrastructure of Flint, so that billions of dollars is coming from somewhere whether it be taxpayers it’s going to come from somewhere,” said social studies teacher Ms. Highsaw.