The Mars’ Throw Shine with 3 Musketeers campaign has
reached WS.
At the beginning of November, 3 Musketeers bars and
sticky notes with positive messages were found taped to lockers,
on desks, and even in backpacks. WS students and faculty
didn’t know who was leaving them around the school or why.
The notes directed everyone towards the anonymous twitter
account @WSHS_ThrowShine.
Senior Rodney Wrice and junior Audrey Wever are the
students behind the mystery who started it all.
“I was on YouTube, and then I saw this ad that I couldn’t
skip and it was about the 3 Musketeers throw shine thing. [It]
really touched my heart,” said Wrice. “That inspired me to do
more and spread it around the school. I told Audrey about it
and she had some ideas.”
What began as an idea soon became a project that these
two students spent hours upon hours on. Wrice and Wever
would stay after and come before school to avoid others while
they did their work, and then they would send out tweets to
further their message.
“Lately everyone’s been going through stressful times
[and] in our society there is so much judgment,” said Wever.
“It’s just a positive thing to put out there for everyone.”
Wrice and Wever didn’t just invest their time during
lunches, at home and in the hallways. Both students also invested
a lot of their own money into this scheme.
“We have a silent partner, one of the teachers here, who
has helped with the finances, but it [was] at least around a
hundred dollars,” said Wever. “We got 120 of the big candy
bars and a pack of 30 of the small ones. So, at least 150 in
total.”
The week before Thanksgiving Break, the Mars Company
contacted the school and asked who was behind Throw Shine
at WS. Mars then donated 2,800 candy bars to the school to
give out to the students.
“I’m so fortunate to be here at WS, students here come up
with such great ideas on their own. They did this out of the
goodness of their own hearts,” said Principal Michael Mukai.
“When you have a chance you should throw shine, share the
joy.”
With their permission, Wrice and Wever’s identities were
revealed to the school before the break to honor them, but this
takes away the secrecy of the campaign.
The WS student body responded to their efforts exactly the
way the two of them wanted.
“It was definitely worth it. I think it had a big impact on
students,” said Wrice. “Seeing all the pictures, responses and
tweets we got on our twitter was just amazing.”