“I gave up soda because I was told by the doctor when I went to the hospital that I needed to drink more water so I thought I would drink more water if I gave up soda.”
-Abby Acosta, 11

“I decided to practice my instrument more because I don’t really practice that much, it will just help me improve in band.”
-Karlie Calderon, 11

“I gave up negativity for Lent instead of a materialistic thing because I figured it could help me in general with my entire life from moving on after Lent too.”
-Destiny Luna, 11

“I gave up spending money for no reason because I need to start saving up to go to Germany.”
-Nick Temporale, 9

“I gave up meat for Lent; never do it, we live in Texas, we love meat, never give up meat. I gave it up because I was always curious what it was like being vegetarian. Never again.”
-Janice McLaughlin, 12

“I gave up Netflix and YouTube for Lent because those are things that are distractions in my life that I can leave out for 40 days.”
-Austin Pham, 9

“I gave up Instagram because social media can be deteriorating.”
-Abby LaTouf, 10

“I gave up all social media just because it started over running my life and now that I’ve given it up I’ve gotten a lot more work down.”
-Alyssa VanDyke, 10

“I gave up procrastination for Lent so that I could graduate, and it’s helped me a lot.”  
-Katie Weir, 12