Not so long ago, team Kids Helping Kids had mission
to raise eight hundred dollars for Canuck Place. This is a hospice
for children who are terminally ill, so that they can make their
last few days or weeks the best. It is called Canuck Place because
their main sponsors are the Vancouver Canucks hockey team.
First,
we started planning and deciding dates and activities we were going
to do. After we were done deciding the dates and activities, we
actually did the activities. We had a chip sale, bake sale, raffle
draws and jelly bean count. On February 6, the raffle ticket sales
and chip sales started. The chip sale went really well and we sold
out quickly. The raffle had lots of customers too and we made about
three hundred dollars on our first day.
The
prizes were a unicorn plushie, B-daman and book, stationery set
and a basketball. The grand prizes were an entertainment book and
a Canucks flag autographed by Markus Naslund. The winners were
Liang Jiang who won the unicorn, Leon Tang who won the B-daman,
Stephen Guan who won the basketball, Anisha Maharaj who won the
entertainment book, and Mr. Chiu who won the autographed flag.
On February 8, the jelly bean count and
bake sale started. The jelly bean count went well. We didn't have
as many customers as the raffle, but we still made some money. The
winner was Miss Skipper. The real answer was 656. The bake sale
went really well and we made lots of money from that too, and it
was really quick and simple.
The fundraising
was fun and tiring but I had to remind myself I'm helping kids who
are going to die. At the end I felt really good when I remembered
why I did it and I think everyone else did too.
Jeanny
Cao
