Walkathon!
pamelamyers | October 17, 2017
Sam had her fundraiser walkathon at school and it was a huge success! The goal was to raise $20,000 and they raised…drum roll please….$30,369.80!!!! It’s insane! I am really happy though that the school managed to raise so much money. All the money benefits the Home & School Association which pays for a ton of activities and other stuff for the kids. All the kids are always really into the walkathon and try really hard to get everyone to donate. This year, the school added a “Penny Power Challenge” as a new thing. They asked all the kids to ask their parents (or anyone else) to give them their pocket change. The kids all put the change into buckets in their classroom. The classroom with the most change won some sort of award. It really wasn’t supposed to be a big fundraiser, just something for the kids to do. It raised an incredible $4,220.32! That’s a lot of pocket change!
I volunteered this year to work the walk because the only parents allowed on the field were those volunteering. It was so fun watching the kids!
The school had everything decorated to motivate the kids to get walking!
Here she comes!
Sam walked pretty much the whole time with her new besties, Giselle and Alaina.
The kids walked laps around the field while music played over huge speakers. There were hundreds of kids on the field and it was crazy mayhem, but they all had a blast. I think they wound up walking about 3 miles.
Sam and her buddies, Delaney, Lydia and Giselle. Congrats, girls! Go Cougars!!
