Greenville school ditches catalog sales for healthier fund-raising alternative
GREENVILLE, Mich.—A Greenville school is ditching the catalog sales again this year for a fundraiser that’ll keep students active.
The second annual Baldwin Heights Walk-A-Thon is Saturday, October 5. Principal Michael Walsh says the fundraiser has a lot of benefits- it promotes health and wellness and the school gets all of the proceeds instead of paying a portion toward catalog items some families will never use. Walsh says last year, Baldwin Heights Elementary raised $19,000 during its inaugural Walk-A-Thon. That was nearly double what the school made the previous year through year-round catalog sales.
Baldwin Heights Elementary is the only school in the district that does not rely on catalog sales to raise funds.
The Walk-A-Thon runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.