Akron Tapes Principal To The Wall For Riley Hospital
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
AKRON – An opportunity to tape their principal to the wall Friday was just the incentive Akron Elementary School students needed to raise almost $800 for Riley Hospital for Children. According to Sydnie Reed, Akron student council advisor, the school does a fundraiser every year for Riley. This year, its goal was $500. By Friday, student council advisor Rosten Hamman said Akron raised $766. “This was the first year we did the duct tape. In past years, we sold Lip Pops for 50 cents. Next year, under the new law, we can’t sell candy in schools. We were trying to come up with new ideas, and (Principal) Mrs. (Chrissy) Mills came up with the idea to duct tape her to the wall. The students really got into it,” Hamman said. For every strip of duct tape, a student had to raise 50 cents, Reed said. During the 2012-13 school year, Hamman said they sold $443 worth of Lip Pops. “This fundraiser got us a lot more money for Riley. It’s cool to see because the students don’t get anything from this except to duct tape the principal. It’s cool to see,” he said. Mills started getting taped to the wall at about 11:25 a.m. The classes finished taping her up at about 1:45 p.m. When the stool she was standing on was pulled from beneath her feat, the tape kept Mills up against the wall. Every class then got to walk by and see the end result. Third-grader Greg Miller brought in $50 for Riley. “I wanted to help Riley save people’s lives,” he said. Miller said the video Hamman presented on the fundraiser to the school looked “pretty cool” so he liked it from the start. In the video, Hamman superimposed Mills’ head on the bodies of other principals who had been duct taped to walls. Since Miller brought in such a big donation, he earned 100 strips of duct tape. “I tried to get her lower because we’re going to take the stool away she’s standing on,” Miller said. “I wanted to get her really stuck.” As the last strips of duct tape were put into place, Mills said she was feeling a little claustrophobic and tired, but it was amazing how much money the Akron kids raised. “Our goal was $500 and we really passed that. It seemed like they got more involved with it for this challenge. It’s not every day you get to tape your principal to the wall,” Mills said.
