Hoping to build school spirit, MHS ASB will be hosting its annual community fundraiser this Sunday at Veteran’s Hall.

The community fundraiser is meant to raise money for the school’s biannual Camp Augusta trip as well as general ASB usage.

“During walkthrough, we don’t collect the same amount of money as Piedmont ASB does, so we have to find other ways to raise money,” MHS ASB advisor Ken Brown said. “In the past couple of years, we’ve had a big community dinner along with an auction to help fundraise money.”

The items at the auction all come from community donations, Brown said.

“A lot of it has to do with connections the Parents Club has or businesses they have,” Brown said. “For the last several years, the largest fetching item has been a signed guitar by Green Day the band donated to us.”

The auction brings in about $8,000 to $10,000 for the student body, Brown said.

Aside from the money, the community fundraiser serves as a way for the MHS students, faculty and parents to interact more closely with each other.

“It’s kind of a big social gathering for the Millennium family to come together,” Brown said. “It’s one of those rare times of the year where we get the parents, staff and student body all together.”

MHS Principal Ting Hsu-Engelman also agrees that building community is the focus of the fundraiser.

“We want everyone to get together, have fun and enjoy the event,” Hsu-Engelman said.

The fundraiser is free for students and costs $20 for adults.

MHS ASB president senior Benjamin Serleth has been helping to organize the event along with the rest of the ASB class.

“The event helps bond students with each other and build a tighter, more friendly community,” Serleth said. “Students attending the fundraiser get to sit back and relax, enjoying food and entertainment.”

Getting students to know the people around them helps build a better community, Serleth said.

“We call it the community fundraiser or the community dinner because ‘community’ is really at the heart of it more than the money is,” Brown said. “It’s really the community that matters at the end of the day.”