Students wrap up on 2025 fundraiser

YEP seniors raise $912 in community gift wrapping

Aurora seniors Savanna James and Micole Yockey work on the finishing touches on one of the gifts that they wrapped Thursday during YEP’s gift-wrapping event.
Aurora seniors Savanna James and Micole Yockey work on the finishing touches on one of the gifts that they wrapped Thursday during YEP’s gift-wrapping event.

’Tis the season of giving, and members of the Youth Engaged in Philanthropy have dedicated this season in gift wrapping 146 gifts the community, having raised a total of $912 from the gift wrapping sesions Dec. 7 and Thursday, Dec. 18 YEP program coordinator Michaela Perry explained that the gift wrapping was an idea brought up by a cohort of seniors who were tasked in coming up with different fun…