Aloha Students’ Business Booms
BEF NEWS
Aloha Students’ Business Booms
Saturday, June 1st, 2024
A classroom visit turned into an around-the-world following for SRC students who run the Doggie Dots business at Aloha High School.
“By partnering with the Beaverton Education Foundation, Sgt. O’Reilly and his K-9 pal Radar were able to promote the students in the Aloha High School Structured Routines Center and feature their Doggie Dots artisan dog treat fundraiser. The success of this partnership will support the Specialized Program at Aloha High School and allow them to thrive for years,” William Rourke Lowe, SRC Teacher and Case Manager at Aloha High School.
Under the leadership of Rourke Lowe, Aloha students bake, package, market, sell and deliver organic dog treats to staff at Aloha high school. The students were quietly running their business until a recent visit by Washington County Sergeant Eamon O’Reilly and his K9 partner, Radar.
Seeing the students in action set Sergeant O’Reilly and Radar on a path to connect with the Beaverton Education Foundation and explore how to bring attention (and donations) to the excellent work taking place in Mr. Lowe’s classroom.
What started with a single social media post to a BEF fundraising site has resulted in video and television coverage, highlighting Doggie Dots at the Washington County K9 Trials and nearly $35,000 in donations from supporters around the world.
Mr. Lowe, his students, Sgt. O’Reilly and Radar now have friends and fans around the world. BEF is honored to have been a part of this special opportunity to build awareness of a student-run business at Aloha High School.
BEF is excited to announce we have been selected as 1 of 10 finalists for an Advantis Grow Grant, but we need your vote! With an Advantis Grow Grant, BEF will advance student-run businesses at Beaverton schools. Increasingly, these small businesses are becoming part of career technical and workforce development courses in middle and high schools. Help us secure a grant by voting for Beaverton Education Foundation once per day through June 17.
