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Schools raise more than $14,000 Full day of activities to mark Terry Fox Run
Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
Published Thursday, October 3, 2013
INUVIK
The 2013 Terry Fox Run at East Three School was one to remember.
The top fundraisers at East Three Elementary School gather in front
of imprisoned teacher Gene Jenks on Sept. 27 during Terry Fox Run events. Fletcher Dare, left, Will Rodgers, Reese Wainman and Rylan
Wainman helped the school raise more than $10,000, far exceeding the East Three Secondary School donations for the second straight year. - Shawn Giilck/NNSL photo
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The elementary and secondary schools raised more than $14,000 for cancer research, and the event allowed the students to enjoy some diabolical fun with the staff at the schools.
For the second straight year, the elementary school handily defeated their high school counterparts in fund raising.
Four elementary students led the fundraising pack, with Fletcher Dares raising more than $600 on his own.
Also for the second straight year, enough money was raised to send East Three Secondary School principal Deb McGuire to “jail.”
Just after 3 p.m. Friday, the Inuvik bylaw department and representatives of the RCMP dropped by a school assembly to “cuff and stuff” McGuire in front of the students to raucous laughter.
They gave her the traditional “perp walk” past the students before releasing her outside.
Other staff members, including education assistants Kenzie MacDonald and Greg Connell, had their heads shaved as the money continued to flow in.
That also occasioned a great deal of laughter, particularly for MacDonald, who resembled an overgrown cherub.
“Please don't call me that,” he said with a wince, rubbing his stubbled scalp as the students laughed.
Dares and Will Rodgers, who raised $400, said they went door to door as well as hitting up friends and relatives for donations.
Nearly the entire school took part in the run and walk, with high school student Chris Church coming in first in the run.
Church, a gifted athlete, said that while the run isn't competitive, he didn't finish first last year.
“That kind of motivated me a bit,” he said.
He shrugged his shoulders at the huge difference between the amount raised by the elementary and high schools.
He praised the elementary students for their work, and said that even at a young age they know about the devastating effect of cancer on friends and family.
Besides, he added with a smile, the younger students have a not-so-secret weapon.
"They're cuter than we are, and the parents can't say no to that."
East Three Elementary School finished with a total of $11,169.73
The top class raised $1637.50.
Along with Dares and Rodgers, Reese Wainman and Rylan Wainman raised $380.00 each
East Three Secondary School raised $3,350.
The top fundraisers there were Flynn Perry and Courtney Perry with $500, Britney Selina with $300 and Chantal Grey with $160.
The grand total for the schools was $14,519.73.
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