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Sandhills School class raises $750 for Families Helping Families
Kelly Marie Oswald's elementary class of six students at Sandhills School raised $720 for WIS's Families Helping Families Holiday charitable program. The fundraiser was part of a class project integrating math with the life skills of compassion and gratefulness. The students raised the money primarily by doing chores at home and hosting school bake sales. The class ages eight- 10 years old, then went to WalMart and purchased items for each of their family's four members. They wrapped and delivered all the items to the Families Helping Families warehouse located on Huger Street on Tues., Dec. 5, 2006. "I'm so proud of them. They did an amazing job!" said Oswald, who decided to make participation in the Families Helping Families a class project. The program, which is sponsored by WIS, is a holiday charitable gift giving program where families, offices, or classrooms can adopt a family for the holidays. Participants are asked to spend about $50 per family member. The program provides recommendations on the type of items that should be purchased. Oswald's class was able to spend about $145 per person with the money they raised, well over the required $50. "I brought in $30 from my piggy bank for the family," said one of the students. "I brought extra money for the bake sale in case someone forgot hers," said Sydney, another participating student. After each activity and fundraiser, the students counted each penny, dime, and dollar, rolling the coins to be delivered to the "school bank." All of the students said they felt better about Christmas knowing they were sharing with a family who needed their help. Sandhills School, 1500 Hallbrook Drive, is a small, nonprofit school for children with learning differences and is one of only eight in the nation accredited in the Orton Gillingham method of teaching dyslexic students.
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