What do you do with a school full of children hyped up on March break? You dare them to donate a dollar each to force their physical education (PE) teachers to sleep outside for a night.
Pitched as a fundraising event by Marc Ghilarducci, a PE teacher at Sherbrooke Elementary School (SES), students were encouraged to donate a dollar and a carton of milk or juice filled with frozen water in the days leading up to the Thursday.
The goal was to raise $350 in donations for the Partage St.Francois, a local shelter for the homeless community.
By Thursday, the school had raised a little over $1200, with some students having donated over $20 to the cause.
“Our students have really surprised us,” said Geneviève Paquin, another PE teacher who spearheaded the event. “We asked for a dollar and some brought 25.”
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Sherbrooke Elementary teachers prepping for a cold night outside
By Marianne Lassonde, Special to The Record
