media by Claudia Llado

Student Council member Sydney Lowery ‘25 paints a car during the Walk for Wishes Wish Week event March 2. Student Council began setting up Walk for Wishes at 8 a.m. and included attractions such as hair tinsel, henna tattoos, local businesses, food trucks and car painting for students and families. “The most exciting part of Wish Week for me is getting to see the whole school and community come together for such a good cause and to grant someone’s wish who struggles every day and watch it bring joy to them and their families lives,” Lowery said.

Princesses, henna, food trucks, car painting and tinsel: it’s time for Walk for Wishes.

This year’s Walk for Wishes took place at the school Saturday, March 2 and included multiple activities to help raise money. 

The main activity was the 10 a.m. walk around Rock Canyon and Rocky Heights. After completing the walk, participants indulged in food trucks and bake sale treats. The food truck foods included mac and cheese, churros, Philly cheesesteaks and coffee. 

Inside, there was a multitude of different vendors selling containers, aprons and jewelry. Students were offering services of drawing henna for $10 to $15 and hair tinsel was sold for a dollar a piece.

Money made by these student-led and outside organizations was donated towards Kiki’s Wish to go have a tea party with princesses in Hawaii. 

Colette Vachris ‘24 received henna during the event. 

“I love it. Usually, you can go to carnivals and you can get henna done,” Vachris said. “A lot of the time, it’s older people doing it, or super experienced people, and I really like to see all the Rock Canyon students get to do stuff they want to do or learn how to do.”

Kiki herself arrived at the school with princesses Ariel and Elsa. Ponies made an appearance to be pet and have pictures taken with. 

During the in-school portion of the walk, the doors of rooms decorated by Seminars were showcased. Most followed the Disney theme just like the pods. On every few, there was a “Kiki approved” sticker placed. 

In the parking lot outside, Student Council members painted cars for free. They used blue and white markers to create a variety of designs consisting of things from “Wish Week 2024” and “We Love Kiki” to mermaid tails, stars and other patterns.

As vendors packed up and the crowd dispersed, Walk for Wishes ended at around 1 p.m.