Every Christmas, for the past few years, fifth grade has picked a community service project to support. This year, we decided to help Toys for Tots. We spent two weeks selling Candy Canes at school.
Students sold candy canes in the morning with a partner and tallied the amount. During morning work they sold to fifth graders and counted up money. Then, during math class, we looked at how many candy canes we sold, how much money we made, what the total was, and what our current profit was. Slowly, our chart grew and grew!
This year, we profited $524!!! This last Thursday, our entire fifth grade team - 46 students, 6 chaperons, and 2 teachers traveled to Walmart with a budget and a plan. When we arrived, we were greeted by Walmart employees who presented us with an additional $100 to spend. The students shopped with their chaperons, picking out toys to donate. While shopping, a Hershey Chocolate representative decided to support our project by presenting us with an additional $100 cash on the spot! Walmart also provided us with cookies, punch, and a mini stocking for each student to enjoy during their shopping trip. We were all blessed by the experience and the support we received from our community in helping with this great project! The toys were dropped off at the Lions Club to be distributed though the Toys for Tots program.