History

Edmond Memorial’s annual community service project, Swine Week, began in 1986 when a small group of student council members decided that they wanted to make a difference in their school and community. They decided to raise money for a little girl who was in need of a kidney transplant. The students approached the principal, who supported the endeavor and even agreed to kiss a pig if they reached their total of $2,000, and in which they did, Swine Week was born.

Flash forward 36 years, and EMHS students have since raised over $7 million for charity. Last year, we raised $608,000 for The HALO Project! Swine Week’s money was able to help The HALO Project heal children in Oklahoma County.

2021 Swine Week Recipient

2021 marks the 36th year of serving our community through this philanthropic venture, and we would deeply appreciate your support in our mission to help this year’s recipient, Keaton’s Kindness Foundation (K-Club). The K-Club was founded by Keaton Barron, a 7-year old boy that started a club to spread kindness while in the hospital diagnosed with Leukemia. Keaton sadly passed away in 2018, but his parents turned the club into a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading kindness around the world with an emphasis on pediatric oncology patients.

The funds from Swine Week would help support K-Club in making children at the hospital feel better by throwing Lego parties and making care packages. Their biggest project would be to renovate the Rankin YMCA in honor of Keaton who absolutely loved basketball. The YMCA is used by many people in Edmond, so it would be benefitting our community greatly.

Common Thread Recipient

This year, the three Edmond High Schools decided that we would try to unite for our 2021 philanthropy weeks. We came up with a plan to give 5% of our totals to each Edmond philanthropy week. Since the Coronavirus has caused such chaos in our community, we felt that it would be wonderful to bring the schools together.