Dollars for Scholars Phone-a-Thon
A group of Turtle Lake-Mercer juniors and seniors spent Monday evening making calls for donations during the Dollars for Scholars Phone-a-Thon. At the end of the two-hour call blitz, the group raised $8,444.33, a healthy start to the $10,000 overall goal. “I think it’s a fun event for all the juniors and seniors every year,” senior Daisy Sparrow said. “And it really helps out when we apply for colleges, knowing that we’ll have a little bit of support from our community wherever we go.” Dedicated students sung “The Wheels on the Bus Go ‘Round and ‘Round” for an interested donor during the phone-a-thon, with senior Landon Faulkner brokering a higher donation after these renade. It worked, inching the group closer to their goal, and earning a hit on the celebratory gong.
