Stories:
Working For Wheels...Rolling With Pride!
Arkansas
November 03, 2009
Working For Wheels… Rolling with Pride is a real life, hands-on, bi-lingual economics experience which began with the children learning about local entrepreneurial and philanthropic activities and developed into an international project. Students made decisions and chose for themselves ways to work and earn money to donate to the International Wheelchair Foundation.
More information about "Working For Wheels...Rolling With Pride" can be found at http://www.economicsarkansas.org/programs/Working_for_Wheels_Rolling_With_Pride!.pdf
John Tyson Elementary School in coordination with the Springdale Rotary Club in Arkansas, has raised $6,751.08 in funds for wheelchairs for the year of 2009.
Students, Shreya in the 1st grade, Brandon Givens in the 2nd grade, Hanna Parks, Christa M., Linzie Thornton, Gabriella Ward in the 4th grade, and Juan Bello in the 5th grade, all raised $6,751.08 for the Wheelchair Foundation.
These students are able to raise money by performing such tasks as mowing the lawn, cleaning the house, vaccuming, doing laundry, etc.
