Local Students Raise Money For Needy Families
Posted: December 19, 2009 at 3:51 a.m.
BENTONVILLE — Halfway through their final day of school before the two-week holiday break, about 30 Lincoln Junior High School students scrambled from table to table in the school library, wrapping presents and sorting them into three large piles: One for each of the three families adopted by Caroline Cupp’s eighth grade pre-Advanced Placement English classes.
“It’s the most outreach to families I’ve ever seen,” Cupp said. “It’s phenomenal.”
Cupp said that the 89 students in her three classes raised $2,253 over about a month, nearly twice what her students had raised the previous year.
Cupp said he money was used to purchase items on the wish lists of 18 people in three families, all of which Cupp contacted through her church. Items on the lists ranged from underwear to bicycles.
Originally, Cupp said the children had attempted to raise money by reselling Krispy Kreme donuts and hot chocolate, as they had in previous years. However, the students were told to cease the activity after the first day, due to a contract dispute with the school district’s food services provider, Cupp said.
Some students decided to donate money they earned by baby sitting or doing chores, while others collected donations door-to-door, Cupp said.
Mandy Stephanic, 13, said she and eight other girls she knew in hew church youth group had collected donations door to door.
“We just felt bad for all the families that didn’t get Christmas like we did,” Stephanic said.
Principal Rose Peterson said the effort of her students and staff, and the generosity of those who donated, came as no surprise to her.
“I have known for a long time what a special staff I have. At a time when things are very tough economically, our children did an amazing job with fundraising. It just speaks to why this is such a great school district.”
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