Jeremy’s school PTA hosted a jog-a-thon for their spring fundraiser this year. The students collected donations and received 1 raffle ticket for every $5 raised (with a minimum of 1 ticket for kids who didn’t collect any donations). There were a bunch of prizes that the students could enter to win. Luckily, Jeremy (and 49 other students) won a Kona Ice (shaved ice) party.

In the past, the spring fundraiser was a no-kids banquet at the local golf course. The banquet was incredibly successful at raising money, but relied heavily on contributions from wealthier families in the neighborhood. This year, the PTA decided to switch to the jog-a-thon to directly involve the students and to allow more families to participate. Overall, it’s probably a good change, even if the overall amount of money raised was substantially less.