Students Gather Joy, Raise Funds

's student council and Peer Assisted Leaders collected more than four boxes of toys for JoyJars and raised $1071.75 for the Jessie Rees Foundation selling Dippin' Dots during last week's JoyDrive.

JoyJars is a program started by 12-year-old Jessica Joy Rees, a Rancho Santa Margarita resident who . Canyon Vista hopes to spread Jessie's message to NEGU (Never Give Up!).

Rees wanted to spread hope, joy and love to other kids fighting cancer. After her JoyJars are filled with new toys they are given to children in hospitals.