Homer 33C Goodings Grove students raise $21,083.85 for American Heart Association

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Homer CCSD 33C

Goodings Grove   Luther J. Schilling   William E. Young   William J. Butler  

Hadley Middle   Homer Jr. High

Contact: Charla Brautigam, Communications/Public Relations Manager

cbrautigam@homerschools.org | 708-226-7628

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For Immediate Release:

March 6, 2018

 

Goodings Grove students raise $21,083.85 for American Heart Association

Surpass goal by nearly $5,000

  Goodings Grove students outdid themselves, raising a whopping $21,083.85 for the American Heart Association.

   Their goal was to raise $16,300.

 

  “We blew our goal out of the water,” P.E. teacher Nate Keasler told students during an all-school assembly on March 2.

   As promised, students got to toss cream pies at their school principal, Ann Christie.

   Since 2012, the school has raised more than $72,000 for the American Heart Association through its annual Jump Rope for Heart activities, including T-shirt sales, popcorn sales and PTO treat earnings.

 

   This year, they also purchased heart suckers, flashlights and kits to make heart scarves with Mrs. Christie.

   “Every penny you donated is going to make a difference,” said Christie. “Because of you, a lot of lives are going to be saved.”

   The American Heart Association estimates every $50 raised saves one life.

 

  Students cheered as they learned their school had raised enough money to save 421 lives this year.

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