Students at William J. Johnston Middle School in Colchester, Connecticut have recently been busy reading to raise money for a cause! Over 300 hours worth of reading was completed during one week in February from more than 80 students. The students chose to donate half of their fundraised money to a local food bank and the other half to Restavec Freedom Alliance. RFA was presented with a check for $1,107 which will go towards buying bicycles for the RFA children 10 years and older.
Thank you very much to all the students who participated in the Read-a-Thon and to Elise Graber, 7th language arts teacher and RFA Director of Social Outreach, for organizing the fundraiser. Also, thank you to the Norwhich Bulletin for their news article.
Here is a picture of the 6 winners of the read-a-thon.
