Market Day Raises Nearly $3,000

On May 5, second-graders presented the money they raised from Market Day to Bill Arnold ’86, Executive Director of Blue Diamond Recreation, a nonprofit that helps veterans and their families challenged by the effects of war. The second-graders raised $2,900 for the organization, which they learned about from Arnold when he came to campus to speak with them.

Market Day is part of the second grade economics curriculum where students learn about goods and services. This year, Kelly Lanier Tierce ’93 approached the teachers about adding a service learning aspect to the day, which is why the goods were sold for actual money to the second grade parents. Some of the items created this year were stress balls, headbands, bracelets, glitter jars, paintings and catapults.