UPDATE: DVSS Principal Dana Yemen has provided an update to the fundraising totals for the Cake Auction and Terry Fox Run. So far the totals from all of the fundraising the students have done is $5,241.45.
They have a couple more fundraisers to go, including “Fly On The Wall” where students purchase strips of tape to tape one of the teachers to the wall. Also, on Friday, they will be having Taco In A Bag to wrap up fundraising.
As part of the fundraising for the Terry Fox Run at Drumheller Valley Secondary School (DVSS), an annual event is the cake auction.
Students and parents of students make cakes, cupcakes, and sweets for students, teachers, and the public to bid on. The auction took place on Thursday (September 19) morning in the gymnasium of DVSS. Bram Gradiansah, DVSS Student Council President shares the excitement of the event. “We’re extremely excited for this year. This is our first year for our new student council model and it is the biggest it has ever been.”
There were quite a number of items up for purchase and some of these items included a bit of incentive. One cake, if a bid was received of $500 or more, teacher Jason Rasmussen would dye his beard pink. Gradiansah understands the importance of this event. “It is a very big thing and I love how everybody is so enthusiastic about it.”
The excitement in the gym on Thursday makes it worth while for Gradiansah and the student council. “I love how passionate everybody is about this, how loud everyone is. It just shows how big of an event this is.”
The funds raised go towards cancer research with the Terry Fox Foundation and that is not lost on Gradiansah and the students. “We want to make sure we, as a school, contribute as much as we can to research and saving people. I knew somebody that was battling cancer.”
The totals have not been finalized as of yet but it does sound like it is upwards of $5,000. We will update the story once the numbers are finalized.
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