Have you ever wondered what your donations to a group like United for Uganda are used for? Have you ever considered taking your commitment to volunteer service to the next level? Read on to see how one young woman's church-sponsored volunteer work during high school evolved into an international passion.

This year's United for Uganda annual junior/senior lock in raised over $1,500. People danced and played dodge ball and various card games all night long. But that's just how it looked on the surface. To investigate, OG reporter Erika Belmont went undercover as an innocent high school student just looking for a good time. Here is what she reported

For the third straight year, the student group United for Uganda held an all-night lock-in to raise money for children in the civil war-torn country. Senior Elaine Gu was there, and she provides this first-person account of the evening (and early morning). Another first-person story will follow soon, by junior Erika Belmont.

What's a fun way to raise $1,000 for a worthy cause? A lock-in! And nobody's better at putting them together than Uni High's own United for Uganda. Check out this slideshow and see what it was like back in February when juniors and seniors spent the night at Uni.