Thursday, March 31, 2011

One Teacher Gets Her Class Involved to Build Awareness and Raise Funds!


Dana Wallen, Team Captain of The Irritables, is getting her 2nd grade class involved in her fundraising. Not only is she holding a contest to see what class raises the most money, but she is having the 2nd graders "Learn about IBD and Digestive Diseases."
Below is Dana's Story:

Over the next two weeks my school, Meadowthorpe Elementary, will be holding a fundraiser to help support Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). Meadowthorpe has a long track record of fundraising that helps inform their students of the many different foundations, however this is the first year the school has supported CCFA. This is due to my efforts in hoping to find new ways to fundraise for our team, The Irritables, for the upcoming Lexington Take Steps Walk. This has also been made possible due to the support of our new principal, Mr. Katte, who is familiar with Crohn's.


This is proving to be a great tool for raising funds and awareness of IBD and CCFA. Several of my students will be explaining Crohn's & Colitis on our morning show (in elementary terms that are easily understood), as well as telling about the coin drive that will take place. Each class has been given a yellow or pink bucket (which were donated) to collect change over the two week time period. The class that raises the most money will receive a party, which will hopefully be fully donated. I look forward to seeing how much our 500+ students are able to raise for this great foundation!

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