When students at Burnaby’s Stoney Creek Community School were told they’d get to dump ice cold water on their principal if they raised $1,000 for this year’s Terry Fox Run, they blew that goal away.
Burnaby schools take part in the Terry Fox Run every September to honour Fox’s legacy and raise money for cancer research.
Before this year’s Sept. 29 event, Stoney Creek principal Wendell Hiltz challenged students to raise $1,000 to earn the privilege of dousing him and other staff volunteers.
Stoney Creek had raised $665 in 2020 but went on to raise $1,628 this year.
As promised, Hiltz and other staff members submitted to their drenchings toward the end of the school day last Friday.
Well, congrats Stoney Creek community, YOU DID IT! We surpassed our fundraising goal for @TerryFoxCanada this year ($1000) and crushed the total from last year. $665 last year and $1628 this year. So you got to see 9 staff members do an ice bucket challenge! @burnabyschools pic.twitter.com/TmbhoVCclo
— Stoney Creek CS (@stoneycreekcs) October 14, 2021
Collectively, local schools raised tens of thousands of dollars for the Terry Fox Foundation this year, according to the school district.
Burnaby Central Secondary, for example, raised more than $5,800.
“Students also discuss Terry’s heroic efforts and think about how they, too, can help be positive agents of change in both big and small ways,” read a statement from the district.
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