Students created a fundraiser to raise money for kids with cancer called Penny Wars. Club members created boxes and placed them in each high school and middle school classroom for teachers and students. Students were encouraged to put in pennies or dollars to increase their balance. However, silver change deducted from a classroom's balance, making it a rivalry across the School. Each day, HOSA club members would stay after school and count the amount each class had and create a leaderboard with the top three competitors. The Clubs goal was to raise $1,400, which would surpass the $1300 raised last year. This year RHS along with RMS raised $1,407. It was a tough competition but in the end, Mrs. Karen Lail’s first-period class raised the most money for the High School with $412 and Mr. Bryan Beasley’s homeroom raised the most for Middle School with over $200. Both classes received a pizza party and the entire High School and Middle School got rewarded with ice cream for meeting the goal. The money raised was donated to the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation and to a high school student at Swain County High School who is currently battling a brain tumor.