Project Second Wind: 2012

This year, Project Second Wind was the week of March 5th-9th. Since Monday was a teacher's planning day, and the Kx6 were out of school for conferences for part of the week, we decided to change things up a little bit from the way we usually do them. The preceding Friday, we handed out paper bags (generously donated by Trader Joe's) to each student. Each bag had a flyer and an envelope attached to it, explaining what Project Second Wind is and the dollar to pound ratio this year ($1:4 lbs).

We also decided against our usual horse race in-school competition. Instead, we thought up a more collaborative way to show the school's progress on the wall - a dragon! This dragon began by the main office, and as the week went on and donations piled up, it grew around the hallway. We cut out almost 2,500 scales, changing colors for each day of the week. By this morning, the totals were in and the dragon was finished: we had collected 11,988 pounds' worth of food and money! Thank you to everyone who donated and helped out!