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The Pony Express

Sophomore Ellie Capra volunteers to bag groceries at Cub Foods. As the representative for Community Thread, she recruits volunteers for events.

Capra serves as Stillwater Community Thread representative

Grace Silbernick, Layout Editor December 31, 2018

Baubles, Bangles and Bling, Rake A Difference and Holiday Hope could only have one thing in common, Ellie Capra. Within the past year, sophomore Ellie Capra has become Community Thread’s main contact...

A young child at Robins Nest Orphanage in Montego Bay, Jamaica playfully sticks her tongue out at the volunteers. “They were really happy to see us,” Miller says. “They were so happy and willing to share everything they did have.”

Miller powers through for those who need it most

Linnea Phillips, Print Editor-in-Chief February 5, 2018

The kids looked up at the volunteers with confused expressions. Why were they crying? Why did they seem so upset? The kids were only going to school, after all. As the small children waved goodbye to the...

Wallace continues community service involvement in Key Club

Wallace continues community service involvement in Key Club

Payton Fillipiak, Social Media Editor December 5, 2016

Senior Jordan Wallace has always had an interest in helping the community in any way possible.  She is currently doing this by being a focused, organized president of Key Club. Wallace has always...

Exploring college application process

Exploring college application process

Christopher Gilleo, Photographer November 18, 2015

All around the United States, high school seniors are sending in college applications to their dream schools, hoping to be accepted.  Unfortunately, schools will be forced to reject a large sum of...

Located on 2300 Orleans St W., Community Thread is a non-profit organization that strives to help people in our community. For 47 years now Community Thread has been serving and giving back to Washington county.

Community Thread connects students to volunteer activities

March 1, 2014

The 20th century has become a selfish, lazy and materialistic society. This concept is simply as day. People are increasingly seeing these common characteristics dominate in peoples' culture and values....


Many Stillwater students, such as Erik Nelson (’16) volunteer for organizations such as Meals from the Heart to pack meals which will then be shipped off to families in need. “It’s had a huge impact on my life,” said junior Catherine Wessel. “I’ve always loved mission work and directly helping the poor, and it’s just the perfect way to get involved and save another person’s life without even having to go to their country. “

Meals From the Heart feeds families around the globe

February 28, 2014

Around the world every day, 16,000 malnourished children die of starvation.  That is the equivalent of around 80 percent of the Stillwater population disappearing every day.  Starvation is one of the...

Varsity baseball players pay-it-forward

VIrginia Valishout February 18, 2014

The last thing that most young kids want to do in sub-zero temperatures is play baseball, much less go through the agonizing process of tryouts. There is one exception: St. Croix Valley Baseball Association’s...

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