After a highly successful X-Week, the school had raised almost $2,000 for this year's charity, the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club. That figure doesn't even include Big Show, which will take place on May 15 and 16. Check out the photo essay inside for another look at the senior auction, which closed out the week.

X-Week '09 kicked off with this challenge: Swallow six Saltine crackers in under a minute. How did the competitors do? Check out the photos inside and get caught up with the rest of X-Week, which is raising money for the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club.

What do an auction, a giant bake sale, an iPod Touch, and an eating contest have in common? They are all part of the activities planned for this year's X-Week, Uni's annual fundraiser for charity. Beginning Monday, X-Week '09 will raise money for the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club. Check inside the list of lunchtime events.

In just two weeks, Uni High raised more than $1,700 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in the Pasta for Pennies fundraiser organized by Student Council. The money will help fund blood-cancer research, education, and patient services. The subfreshman girls raised the most among Uni's 11 teams and won a free lunch from Olive Garden.

[Update: By the end of school Thursday, Uni's Pasta for Pennies had raised $1,040.94.] For the past two weeks Uni has been participating in Pasta for Pennies, a program to raise money for blood-cancer research and patient services. Eleven teams are competing to raise the most money — the winning team will receive a free pasta party lunch provided by Olive Garden.