Walk-a-thon 2010 tally $8,000-plus

CORNWALL — It was one of the first really cold days of the year, with even a light snowfall. But the eighth annual Cornwall Walk-a-thon raised a total of $8,019 nonetheless.

The entire school, joined by community members and assorted pets (including a llama, this year), walk and run for good causes.  Half of the money raised goes to class accounts, which will eventually help pay for the students’ eighth-grade trip. The other half goes to one or more charities chosen by the students.

Kindergarten through grade eight students put  $5,900 in their class coffers this year.

Some $2,950 went to the International Bird Rescue Research Center and to the Haitian Health Foundation. The latter has been steadily supported by Cornwall and the Cornwall school. Alumna and nurse Devon Root went for a mission project just days before the January earthquake.

An anonymous donor this year stepped in with a donation of $2,000. Half of that was used as bonuses. The kindergarten class earned an extra $250 for having the highest percentage of participants. All 10 of the school’s youngest children lined up their own sponsors and took part in the walk.

The seventh-grade class earned a $750 bonus for bringing in the most money. Those students, by the way, were in kindergarten when the very first walk-a-thon was held, and they have consistently been top money-raisers.

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