Students in the Jamestown High School Introduction to Business class selected Central Missouri Honor Flight as the recipient of a charity donation from their product sales.
The nonprofit transports American veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials.
Kylie Wagner, Shyla Fairfax, Jasmine Vargas, Cassie Gerlach and Will Vargas presented Honor Flight volunteer Nicole Slusser with a $556.60 check.
"Mrs. Smith made this introduction to business class very real life for us by tying in the competencies we were learning in class to this actual real life experience," Wagner said at the presentation. "One thing we all agreed we learned from this experience is hands-on training is the best way to truly learn about something."
The students founded Eagles Inc. in the fall and sold quarter-zip sweatshirts, blankets and T-shirts.
The business functioned as an open corporation, selling stock to school employees and family members and gathering sponsors and donors to support the products.
Officials said each flight costs roughly $300 per veteran, who doesn't contribute to that cost.
"It's not a day of the veterans just going out and seeing monuments," Slusser said. "It's a day of healing."
"Every dime that Honor Flight collects goes towards the Honor Flight," she added.
She returned from the 57th Central Missouri Honor Flight trip Monday night. The welcome home at St. Louis Lambert International Airport was significant, she said. Missouri's 57th Gov. Mike Parson there to greet the 111 veterans, including some from the Jefferson City area.
The Jamestown students expressed creativity Slusser said many adults could learn from.
"Everybody talks about how they worry about our youth," she said. "If this is what our future youth are going to be, we have no worries in the world."