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Annual Ton of Coins Raises Scholarship Funds

10/31/2017

Collegiate School JK-1st Grade students, dressed in Halloween costumes, paraded this morning through the Lower School and finished their journey in the Upper School, carrying cups of loose change that will help maintain a scholarship fund established years ago to help Collegiate students in need.

Heading across campus to Pitt Hall, students costumed as Spiderman, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, princesses, Harry Potter, a baby Cougar, ninjas, witches, football players, astronauts, a cat lady, Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and Mater from Cars emptied their cups and bags of coins into a golden clawfoot bathtub temporarily installed in the hallway. Middle and Upper School students, as well as 2nd through 4th Graders, also deposited their coins in the tub, class by class, later in the day.

Retired Collegiate English teacher and Interact Club advisor Lewis “Bubba” Lawson started the annual school-wide Ton of Coins event nearly 30 years ago. It has become a favorite Collegiate tradition.

Senior Emily Mendelson remembered participating in Ton of Coins when she was a Kindergartner dressed up as a ladybug.

“It’s a great way to bring JK-12th Grade together,” she said of the event. “It’s a fun experience for the younger kids and for the older students, we understand the meaning behind it and how it represents the Collegiate values.”

Today’s tally was still being counted, but since its inception, the coin drive has raised nearly $250,000.

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