Submitted by Melanie Horner, Spring Valley Middle-High School
SPRING VALLEY, WI – The Spring Valley High School Student Council hosted its inaugural “Pink Out Week” in October in honor of the Spring Valley Community Cancer Fund.
Students and staff raised a total of $1,110 to be distributed to families in our community fighting cancer.
Fundraising activities included selling Pink Out Shirts, Penny Wars and Caps for Cancer. Penny Wars is a fundraiser where grade level teams compete for the most points.
Students bring in silver coins and cash to place in their team jar for positive points and pennies to decrease the amount of points in other jars.
Sixth grade students raised the most money at $235.20 but also had the most pennies in their jar… making them both the winner and the loser!
Caps for Cancer is where students could make a small donation to wear their hat during the school day (hats are normally not in the Spring Valley Middle-High School dress code).
The message of the week was that we are all Stronger Together and that if everyone does a little, it can add up to a lot. It was a great lesson for Spring Valley Middle-High School students.
