Team raises money for Capodice scholarship
Members of the varsity football team pose in front of the McDonald’s sign where they held a fundraiser on Oct. 6. Twenty percent of the sales went to the Shawn Capodice Memorial Fund.
The varsity football team spent time off the field to score a victory for a person they believed in.
MCHS has known its fair share of tragedy. On Sept. 21, Mrs. Shawn Capodice lost her fight with cancer. The head of the math department was 48 at the time of her passing. She made such a large impact our such a small community, including members of the high school’s football team.
Each year the varsity football team does one fundraising event. Just a few days after she had passed, Mrs. Joanne Carnagio and Coach Paul Forsythe met with the all the captains (Jake Adams, Blake Parzych, David Newman, Carson Oughton, and Kenny Kirkland) and discussed what they wanted to raise money for this year. All the boys unanimously chose to raise money for Capodice.
Initially the boys thought they would be raising money for “Caps Crew,” which was meant to help the family financially, but in her obituary it said that her family wanted to start a scholarship fund in her name. So, the boys decided to raise money to be the initial payment into the scholarship fund.
“With us owning McDonald’s, we just put it all together, and the boys did everything. Other than me making sure the restaurant was staffed, they came up with the flyer and are all working the shifts tonight, so they all just took it from her,” Carnagio said.
The boys promoted the night by making at distributing flyers around campus. The event was held at the McDonald’s by South Campus on Oct. 5 from 6-9 pm. Twenty percent of all sales during this time was donated to the Shawn Capodice Scholarship Fund.
“It’s just cool to see how many lives Mrs. Capodice impacted, you know. You look at it and we’re raising a lot of money and there’s a lot of people here so it just shows how many lives she touched,” Matt Brozovich, senior, said.
Capodice left her footprint on all of Minooka, whether you knew her, her husband, or her kids, who are graduates of Minooka, her memory will live on for years for come. The Capodice family was present at the fundraiser and got to see how many people cared about Capodice.
Overall, the captains thought the night was successful and were very happy with the turnout. In just three hours, the boys raised more than $1,500 for the scholarship fund.
