Hans Helgesen administrators get creative with fundraising incentives
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Armed with duct tape and bit of power, Hans Helgesen elementary students secured their principal Julia Sihota and vice-principal Sue Tonnesen to the school flagpole on Friday.
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Sihota announced at an assembly that if the students could raise $1,000, she would let the kids duct tape her to the flag pole. When they doubled that total, Tonnesen agreed she too would subject herself to the mob.
Hans Helgesen students raised more than $5,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society with its Pennies for Patients campaign. Each year the school fundraises for the cause and usually tallies between $500 and $1,000.
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This year the campaign had special meaning for the school. Hamilton, 11, has been battling leukemia for almost half her life. B次元官网网址淚t feels really good for all the work that goes into this,B次元官网网址� Hamilton said.
Hamilton is still undergoing chemotherapy at the Victoria General Hospital every three to six months.
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HamiltonB次元官网网址檚 class starting the fundraising drives and created incentives for other students to get involved. The Grade 5/6 class decided if the school raised $400, students would receive double recess for a day and at $600 some teachers would dye their hair.
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HamiltonB次元官网网址檚 class also created paper-m芒ch茅 piggy banks to raise money. The students sold them in an auction at the Metchosin Community House and one sold for $300. Sihota forked over $100 to get her hands on the HamiltonB次元官网网址檚 pig. The piggy bank auction brought in $2,800.
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