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.

2020 Swine Week Recipient

2020 marks the 35th 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, Halo Project, a 10-week intensive outpatient intervention designed to meet the unique and diverse needs of children in foster care, children that have been adopted or children that exhibit difficulty in the area of attachment.

HALO Project relies heavily on the Trust Based Relational Intervention model created by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross at the TCU Institute of Child Development.

Families that participated in HALO Project experienced a decrease in relational frustration with their child, an increase in attachment, parenting confidence, and involvement.  Parents reported a decrease in problematic behaviors in their children and reported less frustration with the problematic behaviors.  Overall, all families reported an increase in compassion and understanding of their child and their unique history.

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 get 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.