Community Events

Ronald McDonald House

Each year the Pioneer Battalion helps out the Ronald McDonald House (which helps with by creating, finding and supporting programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children) with their annual festival which is a fund raiser to raise money for children. We help run the events and games that the children play and try to promote more community activity in helping others that may not be as privileged as we are.

Community Blood Drives

Each year the Pioneer Battalion sponsors bi-annual blood drives for the community. We invite all to come donate blood to help those in hospitals that may need certain types of blood that they may not have access to. The Pioneer Battalion holds this drive at our JROTC building at our school. We usually have about 120 to 150 pints of blood donated each donation period. We hope to continue helping Blood Assurance by donating blood for the community next year, and for many years to come.

Cherokee Gravesite Clean-up

Over the past summer the Pioneer battalion worked to maintain a Cherokee Gravesite. The cadets spread mulch, cleaned up trash around the site, and picked up anything else to help preserve the site. There were about 15 cadets that showed up to clean up the site. Soon after, several cadets were invited back to participate in a flag raising ceremony that took place at the site with the American Legion. The Pioneer Battalion is proud to give back to the community in which we live in.