Save Forks High School Brick Building built in 1925

Here is a good project for all twilighters to participate in. Let us all contribute to save the Forks High school. It needs major repair. They are planning on destroying it. It is an old building. You can make the difference. Here is how you can contribute to the efforts.


How Twilighters for Forks was formed, leading to fans becoming involved in saving the brick school building

While visiting Forks for the first time this summer, a group of women fell in love with the city and the people who live there. Being from relatively big cities, they enjoyed how peaceful and quiet the area was, and they were concerned with the economy of the area. As they took pictures of the landscape and various “Twilight” locations, they wondered if there was any way for them to help boost the city of Forks. “We felt a real desire to ‘give back’ to this wonderful community,” said Shelli Ashton (President of Infinite Jewelry Co., manufacturers of Bella’s Bracelet and Bella’s Engagement Ring). So Shelli, her mother, Nancy Fuller, and her sister, Lori Manning, started brainstorming as to what they could do. In talking to members of the Forks Chamber of Commerce, they learned that a portion of Forks High School had been condemned and that the façade of the now-famous high school was in danger of being knocked down. Nancy said, “This news gave our family a jolt and a sense of urgency to help.” As it turned out, their traveling companions, Lori Joffs and Laura Byrne-Cristiano (owners/administrators of www.twilightlexicon.com), had expressed the same desire to do something to help the city and were eager to place a link on their Web site with the intent of reaching as many Twilight fans as possible. “We all knew that if the ‘Twilight’ fans understood what was happening in Forks, they would want to help out, too,” said Lori Joffs. Through the efforts of members of the Chamber of Commerce, and the West Olympic Peninsula Betterment Association, a means for people to make tax deductible monetary donations over the Internet was accomplished, and “Twilighters For Forks” was formed.