From left, Amanda Erikson, Josilyn Flynn and Nicholas Granitsas during the North Shore Christian School’s jog-a-thon on Friday.
BY BRIDGET TURCOTTE
LYNN — Students at North Shore Christian School hustled to raise more than $20,000 for their school in 20 minutes.
The school offers academic and biblical instruction to students in pre-K through grade 8.
More than 300 students, parents, and faculty participated in the school’s first jog-a-thon Friday afternoon at their Lynn and Beverly campuses.
To raise the money, students collected pledges for each lap that they ran around the campus within 20 minutes. Donors could either pledge a certain amount of money per lap or pledge to make a donation for a fixed amount.
Priscilla Miro, director of admissions for the school, said about 10 laps around the Lynn campus is one mile. Most children completed an average of more than 13 laps.
“The kid have been working on their endurance to run this much in their PE class,” Miro said.
The event was organized by Susan Archer, director of development, who hoped to promote health and fitness while also helping the school.
Participants showed up Friday, many dressed in costume, ready to give donors a run for their money. Spectators encouraged the runners to continue on with chanting and high fives. Even the Chick-Fil-A cow showed the runners his support.
Funds raised will benefit the school by adding to and enhancing existing curriculum, Miro said.
“We set a goal of $20,000 and we met and exceeded our goal,” Miro said. “It will enrich what we already have going on and continue to make what we have even better.”
Bridget Turcotte can be reached at bturcotte@itemlive.com. Follow her on Twitter @BridgetTurcotte