Last week’s elementary school assembly kicking off a coin contest fundraiser for the recently-formed Wessington Springs Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) proved to be a wild success with students, who exceeded the original $750 goal on the second day of the five-day contest — totaling $1,186 on Tuesday.
“We would like to express our appreciation to kids, parents and grandparents for supplying the coins for this fundraiser. It’s exciting to be able to achieve our original goal and raise the goal by $1000. These funds will be used to start the organization off on the right foot and deliver on the mission to empower our educators and students through positive connection and support,” said Ryan Jensen, a founding member of the PTO.
The class with the most money collected will receive a pizza party. Elementary classes can gain points through Friday, February 3 by adding coins to the container. Adding dollar bills to the mix lowers competing classroom totals.
The next PTO meeting is Wednesday, February 8 at 5:15 p.m. in the elementary school library. All parents and members of the school community are welcome and encouraged to attend.
