Walkathon Blessings

In a week of over 6 inches of rain, Friday morning's hour and a half window of no rain was such a blessing as The Christ School celebrated it's most successful fundraiser. "Roary" the Christ School mascot got everyone pumped up and ready to walk.



The children participate by bringing in the pledges and donations and then we all celebrate by walking around Lake Eola in the heart of Orlando. We raised over $42,500.00 dollars and had such fun in the doing. The Orlando police stopped the traffic downtown and were positioned along the route and in the park. The kids loved the motorcycles and talked to the policemen along the way. It was good community PR for our school, but also for the police department.

Then after a nice lunch the kids go home...and the teachers have a reward! Dad and I stayed at school and worked on report cards for awhile so we can be mostly done by Wednesday afternoon.

My students bring their dads to school for Dandylion breakfast - it's a way to make sure that we have lots and lots of adult chaperones for the students on the walk. They are all so cute - wish I could post all their pictures, but you get the idea. There's a lot of hype and preparation for this event, but it was so well organized this year. We all had a great time!