DeGolyer students ready to exert energy to feed the hungry
The kids at DeGolyer recently tried to out-run their teachers, and this year, like the last seven, campus employees encouraged it.
DeGolyer partnered with the North Texas Food Bank for the seventh consecutive year for its annual Jingle Bell run-a-thon that benefits the Food 4 Kids backpack program. The program gives food-filled backpacks to children that don’t have nutritious food to eat when they’re home.
Gretchen Crichton, DeGolyer parent and PTA communications lead, says 100 pre-kindergarten through fifth graders ran for an hour at a nearby park for pledges from the local community per each completed lap.
Students usually average about 15-20 laps and raise $3,000, but the amount raised isn’t in just yet, she says.
DeGolyer’s corporate partner, Natural Grocers, provided healthy fruits and snacks for the little runners.
Students average 15-20 laps to benefit the Food 4 Kids program
