en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:53:07 GMT 15 By Sara Classen-2005
On April 15th students in 3rd through 6th grade, along with friends and family, at Cannon Falls Elementary School joined together in support of Molly Thomforde and others diagnosed with diabetes to raise $5,000 in the first School Walk for Diabetes. In return, Molly agreed to kiss the leading source of insulin, a pig. The students walked along the school’s property line. The walk involved an obstacle course and informational stations closer to the school, including a station for testing glucose levels and a station providing water and snacks. The students surpassed their original goal of $5,000 by nearly $14,000 to donate to the American Diabetes Association. One participant in the walk was fourth grader Taylor Bickman. “I was so happy for Molly when I heard we raised almost $19,000! Everyone was cheering and I felt proud to be a part of something so important,” Taylor said of the event. At the end to the day the crowd gathered around Molly in anticipation of watching her kiss the pig, which she did enthusiastically. ]]> Sun, 15 May 2005 21:26:00 GMT