Driving Holiday Charity Through Hot Wheels

To help brighten the holidays for children who may not receive holiday gifts, classes at in and Marquette High School hosted Hot Wheels Drives, collecting nearly 3,550 toy cars, according to Rockwood School District calculations.

Lafayette High band teacher Traci Bolton said in a Rockwood news article the idea for the car drive came to her a few years ago. “We have been collecting Hot Wheels with my guitar classes for the last three years,” she said. “After experiencing success with it in my class, I suggested the idea to other teachers.”

Two Marquette High School teachers decided to join the car collecting efforts; chemistry teachers Dr. Melissa Gable and Ed Bolton, who is also the husband of Traci Bolton. 

Ed Bolton credits the success of the project to the students. “The project is just good kids doing a good thing,” he said. “Hot Wheels are only a dollar, so it’s easy for students to scrounge that up. The idea that kids are helping kids really resonates with our students.”