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Some high school students are disappointed that they're losing out on some opportunities because of the recession.
Fewer companies are donating less money to student groups.
The Standard-Examiner reports Ogden High School's choir and band were invited to a prestigious competition at Disneyland for the first time in eight years, but the school doesn't have the money to send them. Only 50 of the 150 students invited have the funds they need for the trip.
Musical theater at the school relies on community donations, but the average donation per donor dropped from $110 to $44 this year. Fundraising among the alumni usually brings in up to $10,000, but it only got $1,400 this year.
According to the Standard-Examiner, the director of the Weber School Foundation also has heard of cutbacks from usual donors.
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