On May 13th the Peace Arbor class, grades 1st through 3rd, at the Oneness Family School held an event to decided to contribute to the Amman Imman project. This event was called the Amman-athon. They went out onto a field and did several different activities. They shot basketball hoops, dribbled basketballs, jumped rope, hula-hooped, hopped on one foot, and run around a field. The students would get sponsored for each activity they did. Ben, a third grader in the Peace Arbor, told me that for every basket made they would get twenty-five cents, for every minute running they would get ten cents, and for every hop, jump, dribble, etc. they would get five cents.
Debbie Kahn, Oneness-Family School Associate Director, says that this event uses their skills for a better purpose. All of the money they collect goes to people of the Azawak. They are not competing against each other, but are transcending themselves to help others. Eliza, a Peace Arbor student, dribbled 270 times and was sponsored by her Neighbor, Grandmother, and Aunt. The highest scores was made in hula-hooping. A girl named Lily hula-hooped 680 times. If she had one sponsor she would have made $170! Just imagine what the entire class would make if you added it all up!
Read what Peace Arbor teacher wrote about the Amman-athon on the Montessori Amman Imman blog at this link: http://montessori-amman-imman
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It is very impressive that a small community school like OFS can raise more than $ 17.000 in such a short mount of time. It must feel great to be part of an event that brings not only life but water to the children and adults in the third world.
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