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Emerson Students Raise Breast Cancer Funds
They doubled their fundraising goal, but principal says that's not even the best part.
Even many boys donned pink t-shirts Friday when Emerson Middle School eighth-graders set out on a walk-a thon to raise funds to combat breast cancer.
The students set a fundraising goal of $2,000, and more than doubled it by collecting $5,200, said Jim Morrison, the school's principal.
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"It was very impressive," he said. "It was a wonderful thing to see the kids stand behind something so important.
"That was even more impressive than the money they raised."
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The students formed into teams and decorated team t-shirts, attended a pep rally, walked in the walk-a-thon from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., then returned to classes.
"To see the empathy and social skills was amazing," Morrison observed.
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