Amy Fisher is a passionate, organized, and motivated teacher, who teaches Girls’ Gym and 10th grade health. She likes to read, garden, and spend time with her family in her free time, living life to the fullest as much as she can. She enjoys her job as a gym teacher, getting to move around every day, and connecting with all kinds of students. As far as professional careers, being a teacher is the only job that she’s actually had throughout her lifetime.
Fisher runs a club at Kennard-Dale called Mini-THON, and says she “absolutely loves it.. the kids are a great group of students that keep me motivated.”
Mini-THON does events for the school and runs stands at football games, where they collect money for children with cancer. The students in Mini-THON can make the greatest impact by raising money, as anything raised goes to the Four Diamonds, an organization that covers all medical funds for the child that was diagnosed, such as their hospitalization, treatment, and medication. To put it in further context, Fisher says, “gift cards are given [to families] for gas, food, and things like that while they’re staying in the hospital with their child.”
Fisher’s favorite thing about it is seeing the different people. “It’s not just athletes,” said Fisher, “but also band students and those who have many different interests.”
Despite the diversity of students in the club, they work very well together. Knowing that their efforts contribute to a good cause, Fisher feels good about being the one to advise it. Her motivation to take on this role came from the need for someone to lead it; after a student asked her, she just started brainstorming various ideas. She says, “The club helps you to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, where if something like that happened to you, you’d appreciate help, too.”
The Mini-THON officers recently went to Penn State Health Children’s Hospital in Hershey to take a tour of the facility. She said they were able to learn about the different floors of the hospital and what they do in them, such as the services provided to the children.
This is Fisher’s second year running the Mini-THON club, and she mentions that it remains challenging to get everything in order and schedule activities accordingly. Being involved in numerous activities makes it difficult to manage, but creating lists helps her stay organized.
If anyone is interested in joining Mini-THON, the club meets every Thursday from 2:15 to 3pm in Room 8. Any support will be appreciated to do something good for the kids.
