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Student-led Lift FC club presentations highlight mental-health outreach at Fayetteville High
Summary
Candace Palquin, a Fayetteville High social worker, described the student-led Lift FC club’s activities—birthday bags, Valentine gift bags, a suicide-prevention poster and an Out of the Darkness assembly—and said the club hopes to expand to other counties.
Candace Palquin, social worker and co-sponsor of the student-run Lift FC club at Fayetteville High School, presented the club’s activities and goals to the board.
Palquin described the club’s motto, “we rise by lifting others,” and said the club, started in 2024, organizes activities aimed at improving student morale and mental-health supports. The club’s activities this year included Valentine gift bags and birthday bags distributed to students, a student-led Out of the Darkness assembly that included guest speakers from local organizations, a suicide-prevention poster that staff and students signed to show support during Suicide Prevention Month, and a "Pin Me Day" featuring inspirational clothespin messages.
Palquin said Lift FC is funded in part through fundraisers and a Stronger Connections grant and was assisted with start-up support by another county’s Lift chapter. She said club leaders hope to expand outreach, present at other schools in neighboring counties and collaborate on larger community events.
"We rise by lifting others," Palquin told the board, summarizing the club’s mission.
