Walk-a-Thon

Vincent’s school does a fundraiser each year that is called the Walk-a-thon. The kids get pledges and they walk for 2 hours.  They get a half day that day and they get to listen to a DJ as they walk around the parking lot.  The whole school walks including teachers, the principal, students grades Preschool-8^th grade, and several parent volunteers.  This year Cecilia and I joined Vincent to walk for an hour.  He was hard to keep up with.  He was running and walking around the parking lot.  Spending time with kids his age and hanging out with some of the older kids as well.  Then he would come hold my hand and walk with me and Cecilia.  It was fun to watch him interact with his friends!  

Vincent and Lily.

Tyler and Vincent.

All the money that was raised goes towards the teacher’s wish list for different supplies and bigger technology type things.  There are different rewards for achieving different fundraising goals.  There are prizes for most laps ran the day of the walk-a-thon, most money raised, etc.  There are also group prizes such as the class that raises the most money.  As the school as a whole reached different goals they earned different prizes.  The top prize was that the principal would kiss a pig if they raised $15,000.  They surpassed their goal and Ms. Lopez kissed a pig a few weeks after the Walk-a-thon.  The kids really enjoyed it!

Tyler, Vincent and Lily.