First-ever BRES Cancer Walk fundraiser totals $1,500
Boothbay Region Elementary School eighth graders and teachers present $1,500 to Maine Cancer Foundation Executive Director Ray Ruby in Whale Park Oct. 30. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
BRES eighth graders and teachers walk toward the downtown and Whale Park. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
BRES eighth grade teacher Soren Barker talks about the fundraiser as MCF Executive Director Ray Ruby listens. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Eighth grader Sawyer Piercy presents the donation to Ray Ruby. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Top fundraiser Sawyer Piercy with Ray Ruby. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
The BRES eighth graders and teachers arrive in the park. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Boothbay Region Elementary School eighth graders and teachers present $1,500 to Maine Cancer Foundation Executive Director Ray Ruby in Whale Park Oct. 30. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
BRES eighth graders and teachers walk toward the downtown and Whale Park. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
BRES eighth grade teacher Soren Barker talks about the fundraiser as MCF Executive Director Ray Ruby listens. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Eighth grader Sawyer Piercy presents the donation to Ray Ruby. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
Top fundraiser Sawyer Piercy with Ray Ruby. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay Register
The BRES eighth graders and teachers arrive in the park. KEVIN BURNHAM/Boothbay RegisterAbout 30 eighth graders and three of their teachers took a walk Friday morning, Oct. 30.
It wasn’t a gym class and they weren’t just enjoying the sunshine and 60F temperature.
The group was delivering a special package to Ray Ruby, executive director of the Maine Cancer Foundation.
Dressed in pink shirts, the Boothbay Region Elementary School students and teachers Cordelia Chase, Elizabeth Tilton and Soren Barker, walked from the school to Whale Park on Commercial Street in a show of solidarity and to present $1,500 to Ruby and the MCF.
Said Chase, “We have been collecting donations for the past few weeks during our Wildcat Wednesday (part of a new Middle School Advisory Program). We have had amazing support through parents, BRES/BRHS staff, and community. The eighth graders thank everyone for their sponsorship.”
One of the students, Sawyer Piercy, who personally raised $530 of the total, presented the money to Ruby following an introduction of the fundraiser by Barker and a round of applause from everyone.
“It is so wonderful to see young people engaged in projects like this,” said Ruby. “I thank you and the Foundation thanks you and I hope you continue to help others.”
“We aren’t always available to respond to such presentations but we couldn’t say no to this one with young people involved,” said Ruby.
