KAWARTHA LAKES-A group of Fleming students raised thousands of dollars to send Easter Seals kids to summer camp.
Students in Fleming’s Community Integration Through Cooperative Education (CICE) program are required to complete a Community Service Learning Project, to give back to the community each year.
Officials say Fleming’s CICE program provides individuals with significant learning challenges with a chance to experience college life and learn valuable work, life, and learning skills.
This year, students chose Easter Seals Ontario. For four weeks students learned about the organization and the ways it helps children with physical disabilities. These inspired CICE students created a fundraising team, “Fleming Friends Helping Easter Seals.”
Thirty-five students pledged to raise $7,500 to help as many children attend the Easter Seals Ontario summer camps as possible. They set a fundraising deadline of March 24, the day of the Easter Seals Telethon.
One student promised to let their sister shave their head, while another vowed to let their six-year-old daughter do her makeup before coming to school. Others promised to dye their hair, pour a bucket of ice water over their head or take on a food challenge in order to meet their fundraising goal.
The team surpassed its initial fundraising goal of $7,500-to date, the Fleming Friends have raised just over $9,200 for Easter Seals.
CONGRATULATIONS!
