A Bonham woman is facing theft charges for embezzling nearly five thousand dollars from a high school drill team.

The team has been fundraising to get their money back, and one Sherman business owner wrote the team a check for the entire amount that had been taken from them.

Sunday the Bonham High School drill team showed up to the Glitzy Girlz Boutique in Sherman for what they thought was a team outing.

They had no clue the store owner was planning on giving them $5,000 to replace the entire amount that was taken from them.

"We're all so blessed and our community really reached out and helped us in our time of need," drill team member Rebecca Wilson said.

"It was kind of overwhelming, but in a good way," drill team member Ashleigh Ingram said.

Bonham police said the War Dancer's former booster club president turned herself in a couple of weeks ago.

Police said bank records show she used the girl's money for personal reasons.

The drill team director said it's all fund-raised, so they'd have to start over.

Boutique owner, Felicia Herron, said she'd seen how hard her best friend's daughter, Halley, had worked for fundraisers for her cheer team in the past.

"Immediately I thought of her, because I remember all of her fundraising and everything that she did and how hard she worked and I couldn't imagine how these girls felt, and how defeated they felt," Herron said.

So when Herron saw News 12's story a couple weeks ago, she said she knew she had to do something.

"The most important thing that I want them to take out of this is no matter what knocks you down, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," Herron said.

Cyndi Lauterbach's daughter is on the team, and said this brought something positive out of a negative situation.

"I think this shows them that no matter what happens, their community is going to stand behind them and they will rally and get them what they need," Lauterbach said.

"It's been hard but we've really shown through how strong we are," Wilson said.

The team still has fundraisers coming up to pay for costumes and other items.

But they say this donation will help get them back on their feet.