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Shelburne Free Press https://shelburnefreepress.ca/?p=12176 Export date: Tue Jul 23 14:12:59 2024 / +0000 GMT |
Freaky Friday raises $10,000 Glenbrook Elementary students danced for fun and fundraising, at the Freaky Friday Dance-a-thon, raising over $10,000 for their school on February 13th. Nikki Williams, Fundraising Chair for the Glenbrook Parent Council, which organized the event, says “the funds from the dance go to a number of Parent Council projects including the playground, scientists in the school, artists in the school, library programs and books. Glenbrook Elementary, located at 300 Fiddle Park Lane, is Shelburne's newest school. It opened in 2013 without any playground equipment and the Parent Council and the Playground Committee have been working very hard ever since to raise money for the equipment which will cost in the tens of thousands of dollars. The Council ended the school year in 2014 with $15,000 in the playground account. Since then, they continue to be creative with traditional fundraising, including pizza days, candy grams and the biggest fund raiser of the year the February dance-a-thon. Nikki Williams, fresh from successfully organizing Shelbrrr Fest, took a leading role organizing and motivating parents, staff and kids at the school for the dance-a-thon. All of the students voted on the Freaky Friday theme and the Council made it a black light dance with the help of Andre Perrier of the local band S.O.T. and DJ Jerry Daniel. Students filled pledge sheets with sponsorships from families, friends, neighbours and relatives. An event crew of approximately a dozen intermediate students gave up many lunches to help with decorations, music and motivation. Tom Thompson the principal at Glenbrook Elementary says the “dance-a-thon was a tremendous success thanks to the support that we received from our School Council, students, staff and parents.” The hardworking group raised $5601.26 at the event and Scotia Bank matched the $5000 for a total of $10,601.26. Last fall, Glenbrook was also awarded $5000 in a grant competition run by the Inspired Minds Learning Project for their playground submission. This brought them closer to proceeding with the Kindergarten playground. According to their proposal at the time, the Parent Council hopes to have a fenced in concrete pad and an interactive play area to provide a dynamic learning environment with natural elements such as rocks, trees, and a log tunnel, hill slide, outdoor instruments and art panels. They want to create an area for physical exercise, but also one that will facilitate the arts, science, math and language components of the school curriculum. Nikki Williams says, “This school is electric. The spirit here is above any other school I have been involved in. In the weeks leading up to the dance, it seemed like the school spirit was sleeping a little. But the Dance-a-Thon woke up the Grizzlies, and the staff, students and the Parent Council deserve a huge pat on the back for a job well done!” Hopefully, the Goliathan efforts to bring playground equipment to the school will motivate residents, businesses and service clubs to assist in Glenbrook's fundraising goals. By Marni Walsh |
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