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Teens participated in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life fundraising Skate-a-Thon. The event was held at the Oak Grove Skating Rink in city, state on Saturday, September 29th.

A number of the teens were skating in honor of people in their lives who had battled cancer.

“My grandmother had cancer, “Randa Tolar said.

Skaters that raised $25 in donations were given a t-shirt and lunch. They participated in four hours of skating. The event raised at least $500 just a few hours into the event, but more funds were expected to be raised throughout the day. This is the first time they held a skate-a-thon event.

Source: hattiesburgamerican.com

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Over 200 students participated in Fitness Fun Day at Walter Haigh Elementary School in Salem, New Hampshire on September 18th. Students walked, jogged, jumped rope and shot basketball hoops for the special fundraiser that set everyone into motion. The annual event was a fun way for all of the grades to be active for the day and it is the school’s primary fundraiser each year.

Parents, family and friends pledge funds for students based on each lap the student jogs, or for every basketball they shoot or for every time they skip the rope. The fitness fundraiser was created ten years ago, when the switch was made from traditional school fundraisers such as selling candy and magazines.

“One hundred percent of the money stays here this way and we don’t have to pay another company,” Jinnie LaVallo, a physical education teacher said. “The kids do it on their own. They’re earning their field trips, assemblies and playground improvements, and can see the results on their own.”

In past years, Walter Haigh Elementary School has raised between $7,000 and $10,000 from this fundraiser.

Source: The Eagle-Tribune

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Our Lady of the Elms begin their Author! Author! fundraiser on Wednesday, September 26th. This is their 21st Author! Author! event and funds raised will benefit scholarships for the Akron, Ohio school. To date the series has raised more than $400,000 for student scholarships.

The event is held in the high school auditorium. There is a luncheon and the author speaks. The event is followed by a book signing and dessert. To attend a single event is $25. To attend the entire series is $65. To attend only the lecture and cook signing is $15 for one event and $35 for the entire series.

There are also patron packages that include preferred seating and being listed in the program. Patron tickets are available for $100.

The authors for this year’s series are:

September 26th: Brain Groh, Summer People; Bonnie Bajorek Daneker, The Compassionate Caregiver’s Guide to Caring for Someone With Cancer.

October 24th: Robert Olmstead, Coal Black Horse; Russ Musarra and Chuck Ayers, Walks Around Akron: Rediscovering a City in Transition; Betsy Carter, Swim to Me.

November 14th: Dalia Sofer, The Septembers of Shiraz; Mary Ann Winkowski, When Ghosts Speak: Understanding the World of Earthbound Spiritgs; Connie Schults, And His Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man.

Source: Ohio.com

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The Western Illinois University Swimming and Diving Team hosted the 2007 Homecoming Swim-A-Thon Fundraiser on Saturday, September 29th in Macomb, Illinois. The swimmers swam continously for 5,000 yards and the divers dove for a full two hours at the event.

“This is a great event that allows our parents and fans to come show support for our team,” Western Illinois head swimming and diving coach Nathan Mundt said. “We encourage everyone to come out and spend some time with us as a pre-tailgate to the homecoming football game.”

The event was open to the public and after the event, a reception with the team was held. The funds raised will be used for various team expenses for the Swimming and Diving Team.

Source: WIU Athletics.com

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Friday, September 28th, students from St. Joseph Elementary School in Crescent Springs, Kentucky, participated in a walk-a-thon fundraiser to benefit their school. Funds raised went for a variety of school needs, from computers for school classrooms to the need for air-conditioning.

According to Cincinnati.com students walked two miles around the school’s campus. They stopped along the way at stations to participate in fun events like a tug-o-war and a water balloon toss.

To read about more fundraising walk-a-thon events, visit our sites: Step by Step Fundraising and CharityMile.com.

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Healthy fundraisers such as fitness events are rapidly replacing the cookie dough, bake sale and candy bar fundraisers of the past that schools used to hold. Stella Maris Catholic
Elementary School in Ontario, Canada has been holding a popular Fitness-Fun-A-Thon for the past five years as their main fundraising event. The event includes a full day of activities including soccer, baseball, badminton, basketball and dancing. There is even a big parachute used for a variety of fun activities.

It allows the kids to see that participating in physical activity can be fun and they’re still raising money for it,” says Barbara Maitre, parent council president. “It gets them outdoors and … it reminds them to get outdoors and have fun as opposed to selling chocolates and cookie dough.

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit in Windsor, Ontario last year sent out parent advisory council information offering ways to add health and wellness into their activities. Their goal was to reinforce the efforts schools were already making.

The Fitness-Fun-A-Thon at Stella Maris Catholic Elementary School raised $6,700 last year. The previous year’s event raised $6,000. Funds were used to purchase sports team uniforms and subsidize field trips.

Source: The Windsor Star

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The East End Arts Council created a life-size checkers tournament with a partnership with The Urban League and the Council for Unity. The checkers tournament took place at the 11th Annual Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival on Sunday, May 27th 2007. The event was free to the public and for children to participate in. Funds were raised through sponsorship by North Fork, NY area businesses including Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Suffolk County, Knapp-Swezey Foundation, Riverhead Free Library, Astoria Federal Savings, Suffolk County National Bank, Citi Smith Barney and Riverhead Business Improvement. Funds raised went to scholarships for their fine arts programs for students.

The checkers tournament took place from 12:00 p.m. through 3:00 p.m. It was a traditional tournament with the winners playing the other winners. Scores of checkers games were posted for everyone to see who was winning. First, second and third place winners were awarded prizes donated by popular local attractions including The Long Island Ducks, Splish Splash Water Park and Selden Batting and Go-Karting. The event was quite popular and it will be done again next year at the next Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival.

Visit the East End Arts Council website for more information and photos about this event.

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